- Source: Flocculent spiral galaxy
A flocculent spiral galaxy is a type of spiral galaxy. Unlike the well-defined spiral architecture of a grand design spiral galaxy, flocculent (meaning "flaky") galaxies are patchy, with discontinuous spiral arms. Self-propagating star formation is the apparent explanation for the structure of flocculent spirals. Approximately 30% of spirals are flocculent, 10% are grand design, and the rest are referred to as "multi-armed". The multiple-arm type is sometimes grouped into the flocculent category.
The prototypical flocculent spiral is NGC 2841.
List of flocculent spiral galaxies
References
Sources
PDF A Near-Infrared Atlas of Spiral Galaxies, Debra Meloy Elmegreen, 1981, doi:10.1086/190757, Bibcode:1981ApJS...47..229E
External links
COSMOS astronomy encyclopedia – Flocculent Spiral
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Galaksi
- Flocculent spiral galaxy
- Spiral galaxy
- Grand design spiral galaxy
- NGC 4414
- Spiral arm
- Messier 63
- Galaxy
- Andromeda Galaxy
- List of galaxies
- NGC 2841
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