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A galaxy is a huge group of stars.

M101 hires STScI-PRC2006-10a.jpg
M101 hires STScI-PRC2006-10a.jpg
It also has dust and gas. These groups stay together in space. Our home is in one called the Milky Way.
The southern plane of the Milky Way from the ATLASGAL survey.jpg
The southern plane of the Milky Way from the ATLASGAL survey.jpg
Space is very big! Can you look at the stars tonight?

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Probing the distant past SDSS J1152+3313.tif
File:Herschel-Galaxy.png
Herschel-Galaxy.png
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Pic iroberts1.jpg
File:Rotation_Curve_UGC11455.svg
Rotation_Curve_UGC11455.svg
File:Hubble sequence photo.png
Hubble sequence photo.png
File:Galaxy Cluster Abell 1413.jpg
Galaxy Cluster Abell 1413.jpg
File:NGC 3923 Elliptical Shell Galaxy.jpg
NGC 3923 Elliptical Shell Galaxy.jpg
File:M101 hires STScI-PRC2006-10a.jpg
M101 hires STScI-PRC2006-10a.jpg
File:Hubble2005-01-barred-spiral-galaxy-NGC1300.jpg
Hubble2005-01-barred-spiral-galaxy-NGC1300.jpg
File:Hoag's object.jpg
Hoag's object.jpg
File:Antennae galaxies xl.jpg
Antennae galaxies xl.jpg
File:M82 HST ACS 2006-14-a-large web.jpg
M82 HST ACS 2006-14-a-large web.jpg

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