The Galaxies

A galaxy is a group of many stars, with gas, dust, and dark matter. The name 'galaxy' is taken from the Greek word galaxia meaning milky, a reference to our own galaxy, the Milky Way. Gravity holds galaxies together against the general expansion of the universe. A galaxy can contain anywhere from a billion stars to over a trillion. Our own Milky Way Galaxy contains about 100 - 400 billion stars. Our closest galatic neighbor, the Andromeda galaxy contains about 1 trillion of them.

Galaxies as viewed from my Heavenly Backyard Garden.

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Hamburger Galaxy, April 6, 2021

Stephens Quintet & Deer Lick Group of Galaxies, Oct 27, 2019	Andromeda September 23, 2019	Triangulum ... Oct 4, 2018	Sombrero, Apr 3, 2019	Whirlpool M51 ... Jan 30, 2019
Sunflower, March 5, 2019	Black Eye. March 22, 2019	Triplet in Leo ... April 2, 2019	Messier 74, Oct 3, 2019	M81 & M82 ... Jan 21, 2020
Cigar ... M82, February 8, 2020	Southern Pinwheel, M83 April 26, 2019	M101 ... May 2, 2019	Messier 106, April 21, 2019	Messier 108 ... May 20, 2019
Silver Sliver, February 5, 2019	Virgo Cluster, April 24, 2019	Messier 77, Dec 19, 2019	Messier 105, Feb 14, 2020	Messier 81, Jan 28, 2020
NGC 3384, February 14, 2020	NGC 3389, February 14, 2020	NGC 3486, February 27, 2020	M 101, Mar 8, 2020	M 61, May 11, 2020
Markarian Chain, March 9 2021	M95 & M96, April 4, 2021	Hamburger Galaxy, April 6, 2021	Needle Galaxy, April 12, 2021	-

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