plural of flocculent spiral galaxy

plural of giant radio galaxy

(astronomy) A galaxy that, like spiral galaxies, has a flat disk, but unlike them has lost most of its interstellar matter and therefore has no spirals; considered a transitional form between spirals and elliptical galaxies.

(astronomy) A galaxy which is has no spirals and is not elliptical.

(astronomy) A galaxy having a number of arms of younger stars that spiral out from the centre containing older ones

(astronomy) A galaxy that is undergoing a high rate of star formation

(astronomy) Any galaxy, considerably smaller than the Milky Way, that has only several billions of stars.

(astronomy) A galaxy where a significant fraction of the energy output is not emitted by the normal components of a galaxy.

(astronomy) A relatively nearby spiral galaxy in the Local Group, together with the Milky Way galaxy. It is at a distance of approximately 2.6 million light years from Earth, in the direction of the constellation Triangulum.

(galaxies) a type of galaxy created by ram pressure stripping the interstellar gas from a galaxy by the high temperature higher pressure intracluster medium, forming long tendrils of concentrated gas trailing behind the galaxy, which form nebulae and new stars, giving the appearance of celestial jellyfish