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  • What is the name of our galaxy?
    The Milky Way
  • What is the name of our neighbor galaxy?
    Andromeda
  • What type of galaxy is this?
    Irregular
  • What is the method Hubble developed to classify galaxies according to their appearance?
    Hubble's Classification Scheme (or Hubble tuning fork)
  • Who discovered that there are more than one galaxy?
    Edwin Hubble
  • What are the five types of galaxies?
    Spiral, Barred Spiral, Elliptical, Lenticular, and Irregular
  • What type of galaxy is this? (Messier 51-known as the Whirlpool Galaxy)
    Spiral
  • What type of galaxy is this?
    Barred spiral
  • What is a galaxy?
    a collection of stars bound together by gravity
  • This type of galaxy has a bar of materials that passes through the center with spiral arms beginning at each end
    Barred Spiral