Synonym of spiral galaxy

(astronomy) Any of a class of galaxies that have nuclei with excessive amounts of ultraviolet emissions.

(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

(cosmology) A massive, thread-like formation of gravitationally bound galaxies forming the boundaries between large voids in the universe.

plural of galaxy filament

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

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

(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) The galaxy in which Earth and the rest of the Solar System is located.

(astronomy) a spiral galaxy with discontinuous spiral arms