GA L AX IE S

WHAT IS A STAR SYSTEM?

• IN ORDER TO CALL A HEAVENLY BODY AS A STAR SYSTEM, IT NEEDED TO HAVE A SUN IN ITS MIDDLE.
THE GRAVITATIONAL PULL FROM THE STAR MAKE OTHER HEAVENLY BODIES ROTATE AROUND IT,
CONSISTING OF PLANETS, ASTEROIDS, SPACE DUST AND SUCH.
SOLAR SYSTEM
COMPONENTS OF GALAXIES

• MOST GALAXIES HAVE FOUR VISIBLE BASIC COMPONENTS: NUCLEOUS, CENTRAL BULGE, DISK, AND HALO.
• THE NUCLEUS IS THE BRIGHT CENTER OF THE GALAXY. IT IS SURROUNDED BY THE CENTRAL BULGE.
THE DISK IS A LARGE FLAT ARRANGEMENT OF YOUNG STARS ,GAS AND DUST SURROUNDS THE BULGE AND
EXTEND FROM NUCLEOUS.
TYPES OF GALAXIES

• THERE ARE HUNDRED OF BILLIONS OF GALAXIES IN THE UNIVERSE, AND THEY ARE CATEGORIZED BASED ON
THEIR SHAPES: SPIRAL, ELLIPTICAL, OR IRREGULAR.
TYPE OF GALAXIES:SPIRAL GALAXY

• SPIRAL GALAXY ARE PINWHEEL SHAPE GALAXY. MOST SPIRAL GALAXIES HAS SPINNING DISKC, A
CENTRAL BULGE AND A SPIRAL ARM THAT EXTEND FROM THE CENTRAL NUCLEUS.
SPIRAL GALAXY
TYPES OF GALAXIES:ELLIPTICAL GALAXY

• ELIPITICAL GALAXIES HAVE SPHERICAL TO CIGAR-LIKE SHAPES WITH A LARGE BULGE CENTRE AND A
HALO.

• THEY LACK A DISK AND SPIRAL ARMS BUT HAVE LARGE RANGE SIZES THAT CAN BE UP TO MILLION LIGHT
YEARS IN A DIAMETER. THEY ARE COMPOSED MAINLY OF OLD, LOW MASS STARS AND LITTLE GASES AND
GAS.
ELIPTICAL GALAXY
IRREGUL A R G AL A X I E S

NO D IS TI NC T S HA PE O R SYMMETRICAL
• IRREGULAR GALAXIES HAS AR E FULL OF GAS DUST
D WITH TH E RE S T. TH EY
STRUCTURE AS COMPARE
Y OUN G S TARS AND TEN D TO BE SMALL.
AND
IRREGULAR GALAXIES