Galaxies

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Astronomical object
gptkbp:canCollideWith Other galaxies
gptkbp:cataloguedIn gptkb:Principal_Galaxies_Catalogue
gptkb:Messier_Catalogue
gptkb:New_General_Catalogue
gptkbp:coinedBy gptkb:Edwin_Hubble
gptkbp:composedOf gptkb:Stars
gptkb:gasoline
Dust
Dark matter
gptkbp:contains gptkb:Globular_clusters
Nebulae
Planetary systems
Black holes
Open clusters
Star systems
Supermassive black holes
gptkbp:discoveredBy gptkb:William_Herschel
gptkbp:emits Electromagnetic radiation
gptkbp:example gptkb:Triangulum_Galaxy
gptkb:Messier_87
gptkb:Milky_Way
gptkb:Andromeda_Galaxy
gptkb:Large_Magellanic_Cloud
gptkb:Small_Magellanic_Cloud
gptkbp:firstRecognizedAsSeparateFromMilkyWay 1920s
gptkbp:formationEpoch gptkb:Early_universe
gptkbp:groupedIn Galaxy clusters
Galaxy groups
Superclusters
gptkbp:hasUnit Light-year
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Galaxies
gptkbp:largestWin gptkb:IC_1101
gptkbp:mayInclude Life (potentially)
gptkbp:mergeWith Other galaxies
gptkbp:moveThrough gptkb:Cosmic_web
gptkbp:numberInUniverse Hundreds of billions
gptkbp:observedBy gptkb:Hubble_Space_Telescope
gptkb:James_Webb_Space_Telescope
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Universe
gptkbp:rotationCurve Evidence for dark matter
gptkbp:smallestKnown gptkb:Segue_2
gptkbp:studiedBy gptkb:Vera_C._Rubin_Observatory
Astronomers
gptkbp:studiedIn Extragalactic astronomy
gptkbp:type gptkb:galaxy
Elliptical galaxy
Irregular galaxy
Lenticular galaxy
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Harlow_Shapley
gptkb:Titan
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5