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127:; in the currently-used
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991:Extragalactic astronomy
580:Supermassive black hole
494:Active galactic nucleus
758:Low surface brightness
509:Central massive object
94:galaxies are irregular
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1036:Galaxy rotation curve
65:lies. The directions
37:with galactic plane,
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1071:Population III stars
1066:Intergalactic travel
1016:Galactic orientation
883:Voids and supervoids
166:galactic coordinates
98:barred spiral galaxy
1061:Intergalactic stars
950:Large quasar groups
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668:Lyman-alpha emitter
560:Interstellar medium
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1129:Galactic astronomy
1056:Intergalactic dust
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996:Galactic astronomy
965:Starburst galaxies
705:blue compact dwarf
661:Energetic galaxies
625:BL Lacertae object
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565:Protogalaxy
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773:Red nugget
715:faint blue
575:Spiral arm
430:spheroidal
420:elliptical
403:Magellanic
388:flocculent
356:Lenticular
343:Morphology
133:precession
863:Satellite
858:Jellyfish
846:collision
783:Dead disk
700:Starburst
615:Markarian
487:Structure
454:Irregular
425:irregular
242:LHS 1815b
83:Milky Way
35:Milky Way
1123:Category
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984:See also
908:Galaxies
635:X-shaped
466:Peculiar
408:unbarred
366:unbarred
335:Galaxies
231:See also
200:NGC 4452
155:Sculptor
148:Arcturus
102:coplanar
39:ecliptic
955:Quasars
923:Nearest
918:Largest
819:cluster
652:Seyfert
285:Bibcode
221:NGC 891
53:is the
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938:Spiral
841:merger
620:Quasar
605:Blazar
543:corona
459:barred
435:spiral
383:barred
378:anemic
373:Spiral
361:barred
114:12 49
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900:Lists
878:Walls
814:group
799:Field
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688:HLIRG
683:ULIRG
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630:Radio
610:LINER
504:Bulge
476:Polar
275:arXiv
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125:epoch
122:B1950
92:Some
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933:Ring
538:Halo
526:Disc
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