Magellanic spiral
Magellanic spiral galaxies are galaxies which are classified as the type Sm (and SAm , SBm , SABm). They are galaxies with one spiral arm, and are named after their prototype, the Large Magellanic Cloud, an SBm galaxy.
Magellanic spirals
SAm galaxies are a type of unbarred spiral galaxy, while SBm are a type of barred spiral galaxy.[1] SABm are a type of intermediate spiral galaxy.
Type Sm and Im galaxies have also been categorized as irregular galaxies with some structure (type Irr-1). Sm galaxies are typically disrupted and asymmetric.[2] dSm galaxies are dwarf spiral galaxies or dwarf irregular galaxies, depending on categorization scheme.
The Magellanic spiral classification was introduced by Gerard de Vaucouleurs, along with Magellanic irregular (Im), when he revamped the Hubble classification of galaxies.
Grades
Magellanic Spiral Galaxies
Magellanic Spirals
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Dwarf Magellanic Spirals
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List of Magellanic spirals
Barred (SBm)
Intermediate (SABm)
Unbarred (SAm)
NGC 5204[5]
References
- ^ Linda S. Sparke, John Sill Gallagher, "Galaxies in the Universe: An Introduction", 2ed., Cambridge University Press, '2007', ISBN 9780521855938
- ^ citeBase; Neutral Hydrogen in the Interacting Magellanic Spirals NGC 4618/4625; Stephanie J. Bush; Eric M. Wilcots; (accessed 1 March 2009)
- ^ Paul B. Eskridge; "Recent Star and Cluster Formation in the Nearby Magellanic Spiral NGC 1311"; 'American Astronomical Society Meeting' 208, #14.04; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 38, p.93; (accessed 1 March 2009)
- ^ University of Wisconsin, BARRED MAGELLANIC SPIRALS (accessed 1 March 2009)
- ^ NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database
See also