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GALAXY

a collection of stars influenced by a common point of gravity

 

galaxies have anywhere between 10 000 000 to 100 000 000 000 000 stars

 

 

the andromeda galaxy ( below )

the nearest galaxy to our own milky way galaxy

pretty impressive isn't it

galaxies have anywhere between 10 000 000 to 100 000 000 000 000 stars

our galaxy is said to have 300 000 000 000 stars

although this figure keeps on getting bigger

 

an artist's impression of the galaxy we are in 

 

 a spiral galaxy

 

     an artist's impression of the galaxy we are in (the milky way)

 

 a ring galaxy

 

 

 

 a barred spiral galaxy

 

 

 

another view of the andromeda galaxy

File:Andromeda Galaxy (with h-alpha).jpg