Astronomy:Barred irregular galaxy

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Short description: Irregular version of a barred spiral galaxy

A barred irregular galaxy is an irregular version of a barred spiral galaxy. Examples include the Large Magellanic Cloud[1] and NGC 6822.[2] Some barred irregular galaxies (like the Large Magellanic Cloud) may be dwarf spiral galaxies, which have been distorted into an irregular shape by tidal interactions with a more massive neighbor.

References

  1. ↑ Sidney van den Bergh (1999). "The Local Group of Galaxies". Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada 93 (4): 175. Bibcode: 1999JRASC..93..175V. 
  2. ↑ Norbert Przybilla, Quantitative Spectroscopy of Supergiants, Munich, 2002




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