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Are all galaxies spiral?

Discussion in 'Beginner's Corner' started by Pleiades, Sep 21, 2017.

Are all galaxies spiral?

Started by Pleiades on Sep 21, 2017 at 7:03 AM

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  1. Pleiades

    Pleiades Well-Known Member

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    Pleiades, Sep 21, 2017
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    1. Our galaxy is spiral. The Andromeda looks like a fuzzy spiral. Are they all spiral?
    2. Odd that our solar system is on a spiral plane, or seems to be to me. And all these galaxies tend to spiral out. What causes that?
    3. I'd think it'd be bore of a chaotic ball with more objects colliding.
    4. There seems to be order in the cosmos.

    I don't know where the above numbering came from.
     
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    Mak the Night, Sep 21, 2017
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    AFAIK galaxies can vary immensely in type. Although many are like the Milky Way. I doubt there's order in the cosmos. It seems to me like a chaotic event we impose order on through subjective ontologies.

    I have always liked the Sombrero Galaxy, you'll need at least 80x to get the effect of the sombrero though lol.
     
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