Disk Galaxies

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Oct 2002

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2002eaa..booke2618g&link_type=abstract

"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 2618. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Galaxies, Galactic Models And Concepts

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Stellar disks are the main structural features of disk galaxies, which we divide into the spiral, S0, and irregular morphological classes. The disks are highly flattened, with approximate circular symmetry. In spiral and irregular galaxies, the disk contains gas as well as stars, and fine structure is common, including the spiral arms which define that class. Our nearest disk galaxy is our own M...

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