• Question: how many galaxies do you know the name of

    Asked by lappingwheeler to Ezzy on 12 Mar 2012.
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      Elizabeth Pearson answered on 12 Mar 2012:


      Most galaxies have very boring names like J293810.0+282734.7 or something like that. Only the really big really close ones have names. I know a handful like Andromedea, The Whirlpool, Antenna and the sombrero galaxy.

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