GR 8 (also known as UGC 8091) is a gas-rich dwarf irregular galaxy. In 1995, Tolstoy et al. estimated its distance (with the Hipparcos correction of 1997...
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GR 8 may refer to: GR 8 (galaxy), a dwarf irregular galaxy GR 8 (path), a hiking trail GR-8, Greek National Road 8, usually abbreviated "EO8" GR8 and Gr8...
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Milky Way (redirect from Milky Way galaxy)
the naked eye. The Milky Way is a barred spiral galaxy with a D25 isophotal diameter estimated at 26.8 ± 1.1 kiloparsecs (87,400 ± 3,600 light-years),...
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A galaxy group or group of galaxies (GrG) is an aggregation of galaxies comprising about 50 or fewer gravitationally bound members, each at least as luminous...
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following is a list of notable galaxies. There are about 51 galaxies in the Local Group (see list of nearest galaxies for a complete list), on the order...
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-63:01:04 in Carina) Gr — Grant (double stars) Grasdalen (open star clusters) GR — Gibson Reaves (for example: Gibson Reaves 8 (GR 8) (galaxy) in Virgo) (Gibson...
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Observable universe (redirect from Galaxy clustering)
cosmological expansion. Initially, it was estimated that there may be 2 trillion galaxies in the observable universe. That number was reduced in 2021 to only several...
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This is a list of known galaxies within 3.8 megaparsecs (12.4 million light-years) of the Solar System, in ascending order of heliocentric distance, or...
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Local Group (redirect from Local Galaxy Group)
The Local Group is the galaxy group that includes the Milky Way, where Earth is located. It has a total diameter of roughly 3 megaparsecs (10 million light-years;...
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Messier 87 (redirect from Virgo A Galaxy)
supergiant elliptical galaxy in the constellation Virgo that contains several trillion stars. One of the largest and most massive galaxies in the local universe...
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