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• Galaxies in fiction — Galaxies other than the Milky Way are popular settings for creators of science fiction, particularly those working with broad scale space opera settings. Among the most common settings are the Andromeda Galaxy, the Magellanic Clouds, and the… …   Wikipedia

• Giant diffuse galaxy — A giant diffuse galaxy is a supermassive, elliptical galaxy that is usually located in the centre of a cluster of galaxies. The term is often contracted to cD galaxies [cite journal title=A Discussion of Galaxies Identified With Radio Sources… …   Wikipedia

• Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope — Infobox Telescope bgcolour = name = Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope caption = Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope at sunset organization = NCRA location = 10 kilometre!km east of Narayangaon, India wavelength = radio 50 to 1500 MHz built = First… …   Wikipedia

• Timeline of knowledge about galaxies, clusters of galaxies, and large-scale structure — Timeline of galaxies, clusters of galaxies, and large scale structure of the cosmosPre 20th Century* 400s BC Democritus proposes that the bright band in the night sky known as the Milky Way might consist of stars, * 300s BC Aristotle believes the …   Wikipedia

• Récession des galaxies — Galaxie  Cet article concerne les galaxies au sens général. Pour les articles homonymes, voir Galaxie (homonymie). Pour notre propre galaxie, voir Voie lactée …   Wikipédia en Français

• Antennae Galaxies — NGC 4038 (left) NGC 4039 (right) Observation data (J2000 epoch) Constellation Corvus …   Wikipedia

• Stardust Galaxies — ist das vierte Studioalbum der südafrikanischen Rockband The Parlotones. Es erschien während ihrer Welttournee am 30. Oktober 2009 und verkaufte sich in der ersten Woche 20,000 mal in Südafrika. Das Album erhielt die Goldene Schallplatte im… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Red giant — A red giant is a luminous giant star of low or intermediate mass (roughly 0.5 ndash;10 solar masses) that is in a late phase of stellar evolution. The outer atmosphere is inflated and tenuous, making the radius immense and the surface temperature …   Wikipedia

• Tip of the red giant branch — (TRGB) is a primary distance indicator used in astronomy. It uses the luminosity of the brightest red giant branch stars in a galaxy to gauge the distance to that galaxy. It has been used in conjunction with observations from the Hubble Space… …   Wikipedia

• cosmos — /koz meuhs, mohs/, n., pl. cosmos, cosmoses for 2, 4. 1. the world or universe regarded as an orderly, harmonious system. 2. a complete, orderly, harmonious system. 3. order; harmony. 4. any composite plant of the genus Cosmos, of tropical… …   Universalium

• galaxy — /gal euhk see/, n., pl. galaxies. 1. Astron. a. a large system of stars held together by mutual gravitation and isolated from similar systems by vast regions of space. b. (usually cap.) See Milky Way. 2. any large and brilliant or impressive… …   Universalium