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  Galaxy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Most galaxies are several thousand to several hundred thousand light years in diameter and are usually separated from one another by distances on the order of millions of light years.
Galaxies that emit high-energy radiation in the form of x-rays are classified as Seyfert galaxies, quasars and blazars.
Active galaxies that emit radio frequencies from relativistic jets erupting from the core are classified as Radio galaxies.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Galaxy   (2686 words)

  
 Virgo
The Virgo Cluster of Galaxies The Virgo Cluster of Galaxies.
Virgo The most prominent part of Virgo, the Virgin, spreads to the northwest (to the right) of the first.
Virgo Horoscope Virgo: Weekly Horoscope for Virgo - The sign Virgo is symbolized by the Virgin - Virgo is ruled by the planet Mercury - Virgo element is Earth.
flowers.zalp.net /page-virgo.html   (443 words)

  
 Virgo
Virgo is traditionally depicted as a maiden holding an ear of grain to symbolize the harvest; various civilizations identified her with such figures as Ceres, Isis, Ishtar, and Rhea.
A famous cluster of 2,500 galaxies, the Virgo cluster, lies in the constellation; the radio galaxy Virgo A is also found there.
Virgo reaches its highest point in the evening sky in late May.
www.factmonster.com /ce6/sci/A0851003.html   (192 words)

  
 Department of Physics : Staff profile - Durham University
Forbes, Duncan A., Raul Faifer, Favio, Carlos Forte, Juan, Bridges, Terry, Beasley, Michael A., Gebhardt, Karl, Hanes, David A., and Sharples, Ray and Zepf, Stephen E. Gemini/GMOS imaging of globular clusters in the Virgo galaxy NGC 4649 (M60).
Beasley, M.A. and Sharples, R.M. Spectroscopy of globular cluster candidates in the Sculptor group galaxies NGC 253 and 55.
Longmore, A.J. and Sharples, R.M. Infrared observations of early-type galaxies with dust-lanes.
www.dur.ac.uk /physics/staff/profiles/?username=dph0rms   (1859 words)

  
 different telescope type
Ultra-compact dwarf {UCD} galaxies are a new type of galaxy we have discovered in the central regions of the Fornax and Virgo galaxy clusters.
PASADENA -- The Spitzer Space Telescope has allowed scientists to study what may be a new type of extremely luminous galaxy shrouded in cosmic dust more than 10 billion light years away.
There are a few different things that effect how well you can view images through a telescope: its aperture, what type of scope it is, and of course, what kind of telescope eyepiece you are using.
www.telescopes-guide.com /different-telescope-type   (989 words)

  
 2004 Publications in the Department of Physics
Dutton, A.A., van den Bosch, F., Courteau, S., & Dekel, A. 2004, Origin of the Joint Distribution of Structural Parameters in Disk Galaxies, in Baryons in Dark Matter Haloes, SISSA Symposium, eds.
Duncan A. Forbes, Favio Raul Faifer, Juan Carlos Forte, Terry J. Bridges, Michael A. Beasley, Karl Gebhardt, David A. Hanes, Ray Sharples, and Stephen E. Zepf (2004) "Gemini/GMOS imaging of globular clusters in the Virgo galaxy NGC4649 (M60)," Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 355:608-616
English and J. Irwin, "The Environment of Galaxies, High Velocity Clouds, and Disk-Halo Dynamics," pp 54-55 in above
www.queensu.ca /artsci/publications/2004/phys04.php   (2013 words)

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