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  • Arp 273
  • NGC 6744 - A Milky Way Twin
  • Edge-On Galaxy NGC 5866
  • Arp 188 - The Tadpole Galaxy
  • The HCG 59 Group of Galaxies
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  • Sizes of Galaxies II
  • Sizes of Galaxies III
  • Supernova 1994D in NGC 4526
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Sizes of Galaxies


Sizes of Galaxies
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This chart compares the size of several large galaxies. The Milky Way is an averagely large galaxy with a diameter of 100 000 light years and about 200 billion to 400 billion stars; but compared to larger galaxies like M100, M 87, NGC 4921 or Hercules A, the Milky Way looks like a dwarf galaxy. Sun.org has another chart showing the biggest known galaxies, among others also the biggest known galaxy, IC 1101, which would by far exceed the size of the entire image.


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Sizes of Galaxies
Full resolution image: 4000 x 4000 pixel - 1.37 MB
Credit: Rhys Taylor (www.rhysy.net)
Published by Published or last modified on 2019-11-09