List of Known Galaxies in the Universe

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The researchers stated that the extreme deep field. The Hubble explains an estimated 100 billion galaxies in the universe, but this number is likely to increase to about 200 billion as telescope technology in space progresses. The universe is all of space and time and its contents, consists of planets, stars, galaxies, and all other forms of matter and energy. A galaxy is any of the systems of stars and interstellar matter that make up the universe. The list of galaxies in the Universe which is very helpful for the preparation of competitive examinations like UPSC-prelims, SSC, State Services, NDA, CDS, Railways etc. There are about 51 galaxies in the Local Group, on the order of 100,000 in our Local Supercluster, and an approximate 100 billion in all of the observable universe. The discovery of the nature of galaxies as different from other nebulae (interstellar clouds) was made in the 1920s. The first attempts at systematic catalogues of galaxies were made in the 1960s, with the Catalogue of Galaxies and Clusters of Galaxies stating 29,418 galaxies and galaxy clusters, and with the Morphological Catalogue of Galaxies, a putatively with photographic magnitude above 15, listing 30,642. In the 1980s, the Lyons Groups of Galaxies listed 485 galaxy groups with 3,933 member galaxies. Galaxy Zoo is a project focusing at a more comprehensive list: launched in July 2007, it has distinguished over one million galaxy images from The Sloan Digital Sky Survey, The Hubble Space Telescope and the Cosmic Assembly Near-Infrared Deep Extragalactic Legacy Survey. There is no universal naming convention for galaxies, as they are primarily designed before it is established whether the object is or isn’t a galaxy. Mostly they are identified by their celestial coordinates together with the name of the observing project.

List of Known Galaxies in the Universe:

Galaxy Zoo is a project focusing at a more comprehensive list: launched in July 2007, it has distinguished over one million galaxy images from The Sloan Digital Sky Survey, The Hubble Space Telescope and the Cosmic Assembly Near-Infrared Deep Extragalactic Legacy Survey. There is no universal naming convention for galaxies, as they are primarily designed before it is established whether the object is or isn’t a galaxy. Mostly they are identified by their celestial coordinates together with the name of the observing project.

SI No	Galaxy	Constellation	Origin of name
1	Andromeda Galaxy	Andromeda	Andromeda, which is shortened from “Andromeda Galaxy”, gets its name from the area of the sky in which it appears, the constellation of Andromeda.
2	Antennae Galaxies	Corvus	Appearance is similar to an insect’s antennae.
3	Backward Galaxy	Centaurus	It appears to rotate backwards, as the tips of the spiral arms point in the direction of rotation.
4	Black Eye Galaxy	Coma Berenices	It has a spectacular dark band of absorbing dust in front of the galaxy’s bright nucleus, giving rise to its nicknames of the “Black Eye” or “Evil Eye” galaxy.
5	Bode’s Galaxy	Ursa Major	Named for Johann Elert Bode who discovered this galaxy in 1774.
6	Butterfly Galaxies	Virgo	Looks are similar to a butterfly.
7	Cartwheel Galaxy	Sculptor	Its visual appearance is similar to that of a spoked cartwheel.
8	Cigar Galaxy	Ursa Major	Appears similar in shape to a cigar.
9	Circinus Galaxy	Circinus	Named after the constellation it is located in (Circinus).
10	Coma Pinwheel Galaxy	Coma Benerices	Named after its resemblance to the Pinwheel Galaxy and its location in the Coma Benerices constellation.
11	Comet Galaxy	Sculptor	This galaxy is named after its unusual appearance, looking like a comet.
12	Cosmos Redshift 7	Sextans	The name of this galaxy is based on a Redshift (z) measurement of nearly 7 (actually, z = 6.604).[3]
13	Eye of Sauron	Canes Venatici	Due to its resemblance to the Eye of Sauron from The Lord of the Rings.
14	Fireworks Galaxy	Cygnus and Cepheus	Due to its bright and spotty appearance
15	Hockey Stick Galaxies	Canes Venatici	Its elongated and curved appearance resembles a hockey stick.
16	Hoag’s Object	Serpens Caput	This is named after Art Hoag, who discovered this ring galaxy.
17	Large Magellanic Cloud	Dorado/Mensa	Named after Ferdinand Magellan
18	Lindsay-Shapley Ring	Volans	Named after its discoverer, Eric Lindsay, his professor Harlow Shapley, and its nature as a ring galaxy.
19	Little Sombrero Galaxy	Pegasus	Named after its similarity to the Sombrero Galaxy.
20	Malin 1	Coma Berenices	Discovered and named by David Malin.
21	Medusa Merger	Ursa Major	Ejected dust from the merging galaxies is said to look like the snakes that the Gorgon Medusa from Greek mythology had on her head.
22	Sculptor Dwarf Galaxy	Sculptor	Similar to the Sculpture Galaxies
23	Mice Galaxies	Coma Berenices	Appearance is similar to a mouse.
24	Small Magellanic Cloud	Tucana	Named after Ferdinand Magellan
25	Mayall’s Object	Ursa Major	This is named after Nicholas Mayall, of the Lick Observatory, who discovered it.[5][6][7]
26	Milky Way	Sagittarius (centre)	The appearance from Earth of the galaxy—a band of light
27	Needle Galaxy	Coma Berenices	Named due to its slender appearance.
28	Wolf-Lundmark-Melotte	Cetus	Named for the three astronomers instrumental in its discovery and identification.
29	Pinwheel Galaxy	Ursa Major	Similar in appearance to a pinwheel (toy).
30	Sculptor Galaxy	Sculptor	Named after its location in the Sculptor Constellation. Also called the Silver Dollar or Silver Coin Galaxy, because of its light and circular appearance.
31	Sombrero Galaxy	Virgo	Similar in appearance to a sombrero.
32	Southern Pinwheel Galaxy	Hydra	Named after its resemblance to the Pinwheel Galaxy and its location in the southern celestial hemisphere.
33	Sunflower Galaxy	Canes Venatici	Similar in appearance to a sunflower.
34	Tadpole Galaxy	Draco	The name comes from the resemblanśce of the galaxy to a tadpoleś.
35	Triangulum Galaxy	Triangulum	Named after its location within the Triangulum constellation.
36	Whirlpool Galaxy	Canes Venatici	From the whirlpool appearance śthis gravitationallyŚ disturbed galaxy exhibits.

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