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Types of Galaxies Spirals (77%) Ellipticals (20%) Irregulars (3%) National Optical Astronomy Observatory images.

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2 Types of Galaxies Spirals (77%) Ellipticals (20%) Irregulars (3%) National Optical Astronomy Observatory images

3 a: NASA/Hubble Space Institute; b: Robert Gendler; c: Anglo- Australian Observatory

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11 (a)NASA; (b) Royal Observatory, Edinburgh

12 a: J. D. Wray, McDonald Observatory; b, c: 1999 Princeton University Press/Zsolt Frei and James E. Gunn

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17 Closer Galaxies move away from us Farther Galaxies move away from us faster

18 Hubble’s Constant Tells Age: H 0 = Velocity/Distance = 1 / Time Hubble’s Law: Velocity = H 0 x Distance

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