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This contains list of 16 galaxies that are well known by something other than an entry in a catalog or list, or a set of coordinates, or a systematic designation.
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The discovery of the nature of galaxies as distinct from other nebulae (interstellar clouds) was made in the 1920s. The first attempts at systematic catalogues of galaxies were made in the 1960s the Catalogue of Galaxies and Clusters of Galaxies listing 29,418 galaxies and galaxy clusters, and with the Morphological Catalogue of Galaxies, a putatively complete list of galaxies with photographic magnitude above 15 comprising 30,642 items. In the 1980s, the Lyons Groups of Galaxies listed 485 galaxy groups with 3,933 member galaxies. Galaxy Zoo is a project aiming at a more comprehensive list; launched in 2007 it catalogued some 50 million galaxies by 2011 (some 0.03% of the estimated total).
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SNo,Galaxy,Constellation,Origin of name,Notes1,Milky Way,Sagittarius (centre),"This is the galaxy that contains Earth, it is named after the nebulosity in the night sky that marks the densest concentration of stars of our galaxy in the sky, which appears to blur together into a faint glow, called the Milky Way.",2,Andromeda,Andromeda,"Commonly just Andromeda, this, called the Andromeda Galaxy, Andromeda Nebula, Great Andromeda Nebula, Andromeda Spiral Nebula, and such, has been traditionally called Andromeda, after the constellation in which it lies.",3,Black Eye Galaxy,Coma Berenices,"It has a spectacular dark band of absorbing dust in front of the galaxy's bright nucleus, giving rise to its nicknames of the ""Black Eye"" or ""Evil Eye"" galaxy.",4,Bode's Galaxy,Ursa Major,Named for Johann Elert Bode who discovered this galaxy in 1774.,5,Cartwheel Galaxy,Sculptor,Its visual appearance is similar to that of a spoked cartwheel.,6,Cigar Galaxy,Ursa Major,Appears similar in shape to a cigar.,7,Comet Galaxy,Sculptor,"This galaxy is named after its unusual appearance, looking like a comet.","The comet effect is caused by tidal stripping by its galaxy cluster, Abell 2667."8,Hoag's Object,Serpens Caput,"This is named after Art Hoag, who discovered this ring galaxy.","It is of the subtype Hoag-type galaxy, and may in fact be a polar-ring galaxy with the ring in the plane of rotation of the central object."9,Large Magellanic Cloud,Dorado/Mensa,Named after Ferdinand Magellan,"This is the fourth largest galaxy in the Local Group, and forms a pair with the SMC, and from recent research, may not be part of the Milky Way system of satellites at all."10,Small Magellanic Cloud,Tucana,Named after Ferdinand Magellan,"This forms a pair with the LMC, and from recent research, may not be part of the Milky Way system of satellites at all."11,Mayall's Object,Ursa Major,"This is named after Nicholas U. Mayall, of the Lick Observatory, who discovered it.","Also called VV 32 and Arp 148, this is a very peculiar looking object, and is likely to be not one galaxy, but two galaxies undergoing a collision. Event in images is a spindle shape and a ring shape."12,Pinwheel Galaxy,Ursa Major,Similar in appearance to a pinwheel (toy).,13,Sombrero Galaxy,Virgo,Similar in appearance to a sombrero.,14,Sunflower Galaxy,Canes Venatici,,15,Tadpole Galaxy,Draco,The name comes from the resemblance of the galaxy to a tadpole.,This shape resulted from tidal interaction that drew out a long tidal tail.16,Whirlpool Galaxy,Canes Venatici,From the whirlpool appearance this gravitationally disturbed galaxy exhibits.,,,,,For other more formats kindly visit www.downloadexcelfiles.com,,,,,,,,Original source : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_galaxies,,,,