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Active Galactic Nuclei - Quasars (7)
Milky Way (12)
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Andromeda Galaxy http://www.solstation.com/x-objects/andromeda.htm
Information about the Andromeda Galaxy with descriptions and pictures.
Arp's Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies http://arpgalaxy.com/
Information about Halton Arp's 1966 "Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies," aimed chiefly at amateur astronomers. Includes summary data, observing tips, and images. By Dennis Webb.
DIRECT Project Homepage http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/~kstanek/DIRECT/
Determining the distances to nearby galaxies.
Dust in Spiral Galaxies http://www.astr.ua.edu/keel/research/dust.html
HST and ISO Results.
European Network: The Formation and Evolution of Galaxies http://www.mpa-garching.mpg.de/Galaxien/EuroNet.html
Purpose is to understand the creation of galaxies and the universe has evolved. Plans to study distant galaxies at optical, infrared, and radio frequencies.
Faulkes Telescope Educational Guide - Galaxies http://www.le.ac.uk/physics/faulkes/web/galaxies/y_ga_intro.html
Some useful information about the formation of galaxies.
Galaxies http://www.windows.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/tour.cgi?link=/the_universe/Galaxy.html&sw=false&sn=1&d=/the_universe&edu=high&br=graphic&back=/pluto/pluto.html&cd=false&fr=f&tour=
NASA Windows to the Universe. Includes illustrations and introductory information about a variety of galaxies.
Galaxies http://www.seds.org/messier/galaxy.html
Galaxies with their descriptions.
Galaxies http://www.galacticsurf.net/galaxieGB.htm
Many selected links to websites dedicated to galaxies.
Galaxies http://www.maa.mhn.de/Scholar/galaxies.html
Includes a set of notes by Nick Strobel. Topics include the structure of the Milky Way, the characteristics of other galaxies, and finding distances to other galaxies.
Galaxy - Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxy
Contains information of the types, dynamics, observations, and formation of galaxies.
Galaxy classification - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxy_classification
An article about the Galaxy classification.
Galaxy Collisions http://arxiv.org/html/astro-ph/9908269/homepage.html
A review article for non-specialists.
Galaxy Evolution Explorer http://www.galex.caltech.edu/
Contains information about the growth of various galaxies. Also includes images, news, and a glossary.
Galaxy Formation & Evolution Lecture Notes http://www-astro.physics.ox.ac.uk/~astroc1/GalaxyLectures_Notes.pdf
Lectures given in 2006 by Julien Devriendt at Oxford University, which include an introduction to galactic dynamics and a primer on hierarchical galaxy formation.
Galaxy Zoo http://www.galaxyzoo.org
Interactive project that allows the user to participate in a large-scale project of galaxy research: classifying millions of galaxies found in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey.
Globular Clusters in the Andromeda Galaxy http://www.astronomy-mall.com/Adventures.In.Deep.Space/gcm31.htm
Data, observation notes, and more about globular clusters within the galaxy.
High Redshift Supernova Search http://www-supernova.lbl.gov/
Project at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab to search for supernovas in very remote galaxies. This provides an accurate means of measuring the distances to remote galaxies and thereby determining the age of the universe.
Lecture 27: Spirals and Ellipticals and Irregulars http://www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/~pogge/Ast162/Unit4/types.html
Classifications, properties, and structures and dynamics.
M31 - the Andromeda Galaxy http://www.astr.ua.edu/gifimages/m31r.html
Includes a catalog of globular clusters, photos, and brief description.
Review articles about galaxies http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/level5/galaxies.html
A collection of hundreds of review articles. Topics covered include normal, peculiar and interacting galaxies, as well as galaxy evolution and galaxy clusters. Part of Caltech's "LEVEL 5" knowledgebase of extragalactic astronomy and cosmology.
Skywalker Viewing Tool http://www.mpia-hd.mpg.de/home/jahnke/skywalker.html
Java-based viewing tool that allows the user to view galaxy surveys such as the Hubble Deep Field, using their browser.
Spiral Galaxies http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr162/lect/galaxies/spiral.html
Spiral galaxies with short descriptions and photos.
The Messier Catalog http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/messier/indexes.html
Provides images of and information on Messier objects.
The Small Magellanic Cloud, SMC http://www.seds.org/messier/xtra/ngc/smc.html
Gives mathematical measurements relating this galaxy that orbits the Milky Way. Includes history about first known discoveries and links to photo galleries.
UMass High Energy Astrophysics Group http://www.astro.umass.edu/ast_page/xray/heag.html
Research group primarily interested in high energy activities in galaxies, particularly the interplay between massive stars and the interstellar medium.

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