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Galaxy Photometry
Information about galaxies and their brightness. Using images of three spiral galaxies to measure galaxy flux.
Seyfert Galaxies
The key to classifying a galaxy as a Seyfert Galaxy is the presence of broad emission lines from the bright, star-like nucleus. They are often strong radio and infrared sources. The first such active ...
Galaxy Zoo
Take part in real astronomy research by joining this public project classifying galaxies and taking part in citizen science.
Martin Rees
Martin Rees (1941 - ) has made important contributions to the theories of galaxy formation, galaxy clustering, and the origin of the cosmic background radiation. He has been Britain's Astronomer ...
The Hubble Law
Measuring the red shift for several galaxies from spectral lines.
Planetquest - 3D Guide to the Galaxy
Explore the milky way in 3D
The Milky Way: A Tourist's Guide
A well written introduction to our galaxy with some good diagrams too.
Space Telescope Science Institute
Astronomy resources with digitalized sky survey, specta of nearby galaxies, star catalogues and Hubble images.
Expanding Universe
A description of the movement of galaxies in the universe.
The Hubble Heritage Project
Picture gallery of images of planets, nebulae and galaxies. This site would be useful for making presentations and all the images are of excellent resolution.


