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    The Andromeda Galaxy‚ once also known as The Great Nebula in Andromeda‚ is considered to be one of the largest members of what is called the Local Group. The Andromeda Galaxy‚ a spiral galaxy closet to our solar system‚ is now known to be the edge and rim of our Milky Way. Even though the Andromeda Galaxy is bigger than the Milky Way Galaxy‚ both of these galaxies have many similarities. Astronomers in today’s world base their scientific observations off of the Andromeda Galaxy to make assumptions

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    that galaxies are moving farther away. This was in our lab (electromagnetic spectrum and the Doppler affect). In this lab Mr. Cousino drove by us in the car and the car horn got quieter as it drove away. This shows us red shift because he is moving away from us and the wavelengths are being compressed together in front of his car and are longer behind his car. This is how all the matter and energy in our universe comes from the big bang. The sun is located within the Milky Way galaxy in the

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    PROs of GALAXY Note 3 and GALAXY Gear. 1. It has a great camera. This Galaxy Note 3 contains a camera with a 13 megapixel rear camera. The speciality of it is that it has a smarter stabilisation and high CRI Led Flash which enable the users to capture an outstanding image of every visual stories of their everday life no matter in low light or active situation. In short‚ with this fabulous camera‚ everyone now can capture all those beautiful moments of their life. 2. It has an expandable storage

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    22648860 OBSERVATIONS AND CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SOMBRERO GALAXY (M104/NGC 4594) DOMINIC J. TAN ABSTRACT The Sombrero Galaxy (M104/NGC 4594) is an unbarred spiral galaxy and a suspected member of the galaxy group within the southern regions of the Virgo cluster. It is a nearby galaxy with a very distinctive appearance making it easy to identify. Despite being easily recognisable‚ it is still not completely understood. The exact process involved in its formation is unclear and it is not

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    The Andromeda Galaxy /ænˈdrɒmɨdə/ is a spiral galaxy approximately 2.5 million light-years (2.4×1019 km) from Earth[4] in the Andromeda constellation. Also known as Messier 31‚ M31‚ or NGC 224‚ it is often referred to as the Great Andromeda Nebula in older texts. The Andromeda Galaxy is the nearest spiral galaxy to our Milky Way galaxy‚ but not the closest galaxy overall. It gets its name from the area of the sky in which it appears‚ the constellation of Andromeda‚ which was named after the mythological

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    The Andromeda Galaxy Introduction/Abstract The Andromeda galaxy is the closest full size galaxy to the Milky Way because of this it is known as our nearest galactic neighbor. The Andromeda Galaxy is also the only galaxy visible to the naked eye in the Northern Hemisphere. At 2.9 million light-years from Earth‚ Andromeda is also the farthest object that can be seen from Earth. Andromeda is not only known as our closest neighbor but scientists also refer to Andromeda and the Milky Way as sister galaxies

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    Unit 5 Galaxies and Cosmology By: Briana Polk Miscellaneous Important Key Words and Facts: I. TYPES OF GALAXIES: Spiral Galaxy (S) Spiral Barred Galaxy (SB) Elliptical Galaxy (E) Irregular Galaxy (In order of importance…) 1. Spiral Galaxies: (Edwin Hubble‚ 1936) “The most common type of galaxy that is viewed by observers; It contains twisted collections of stars‚ stellar remnants‚ and a diffuse interstellar medium (ISM) of gas and dust”. Made up of hot young stars Most spiral

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    Out of the major galaxies‚ the Andromeda Galaxy is located nearest to our Milky Way. The Andromeda Galaxy is two million light years away from us‚ but it can be seen with the naked eye because it is very bright. In this galaxy there are over a hundred billion stars. It is known to be the brightest galaxy. The Andromeda Galaxy is a spiral galaxy and is part of the Local Group. It has a large star cluster in its heart and a very large hidden black hole deep in the core. The middle is very bright

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    Welcome to our colony‚ Milky Sea Island. We were colonized about 10‚000 years before Earth. As we do not really keep strict time records in our country‚ we are unsure of when that is‚ exactly. We are located in Messier 31 (NGC 224). We are on a small dwarf planet not much bigger than Pluto‚ and we are the only colony on the planet. You may be wondering why our colony is named Milky Sea Island. No‚ we are not named after the Milky Way‚ although we expectantly wait for the expected collision of

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    SEQUENCE 5. Although Copernicus’ model of the solar system correctly placed the sun at the center‚ it still provided inaccurate predictions because it maintained that the planets’ orbits were _________. CIRCULAR  HTML Editor 6. A spiral galaxy like the Milky Way has three major components: the disk‚ the bulge‚ and the _________. HALO 7. The more massive a white dwarf is‚ the (larger/smaller) _________ its diameter will be. SMALLER 8. The strength of an object’s gravitational pull on another

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