B171 Galaxies
A galaxy is a
massive, gravitationally bound system consisting of
stars, stellar remnants, an interstellar medium of gas
and dust, and dark matter, an important but poorly
understood component.
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The word galaxy is derived from the Greek
galaxias, which means "milky", a reference to our
own Milky Way galaxy. They vary vastly in size from
dwarfs that contain a few as ten million stars to the
giants with over a hundred trillion stars. Each orbits
it own centers of mass. This
poster shows 15 NASA photographs carefully selected from
the great many available to show the diversity of these
amazing systems. Each is accompanied by an explanatory
caption.
Nebula and galaxies are similar in that they are
enormous systems of space materials. The big difference
is that everything in galaxies is in orbit around
a central mass. Nebula have no "center of gravity" so
everything just floats around, going its own way.
STATUS: The above poster is
complete. Due to their similarities is is anticipated
that Nebula and Galaxies may be published
at the same time. No publication date has been
established.