galaxy
large gravitationally bound system of stars and interstellar matter
Facts
12 properties- Instance of
- astronomical object type
- Subclass of
- deep-sky object
- Part of
- galaxy group or cluster[4]
- Described by source
- Otto's encyclopedia, The American Cyclopædia, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[5][6][7]
- EntitySchema for this class
- E441
- On focus list of Wikimedia project
- Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have, Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4 (2022)[16][17]
- Properties for this type
- galaxy morphological type[12]
- Topic has template
- Template:Infobox galaxy, Template:Infobox galaxy 2, Template:Galaxy[8][9][10]
🏷️ Also known as
en galaxy
en galaxies
en galactic
ar مجرة
ar مجره
ar المجرات
ar المجرة
ar مجرات
cs galaxie
da galakse
de Welteninsel
el γαλαξίας
es galáctica
es galácticas
es galáctico
es galácticos
es galaxia
es galaxias
fa کهکشان
fi galaksi
🔖 Identifiers · 72
- Library of Congress Authorities ID
- sh85052763
- GND ID
- 4057375-8
- OpenAlex ID
- C98444146, C2993691076
- ABC News topic ID
- galaxies
- Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID
- 300386943
- Australian Educational Vocabulary ID
- scot/1898
- BBC News topic ID
- cgqnjqwd7eqt
- BBC Things ID
- d6b7bee3-4474-4aec-bfe1-5f7aff471781
- BNCF Thesaurus ID
- 19248
- BVPB authority ID
- 19599
- BabelNet ID
- 00032476n
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- Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
- 11941212g
- Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID
- galaxien
- Canadian Encyclopedia article ID
- galaxy
- Cultureel Woordenboek ID
- natuurkunde-scheikunde-en-sterrenkunde/sterrenstelsel
- Dewey Decimal Classification
- 523.112
- Enciclopedia Galega Universal ID
- 127464
- Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026)
- 2aPv0e
- Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) old ID (2021)
- 65718
- Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine ID
- 28303
- Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
- topic/galaxy
- Encyclopædia Universalis ID
- galaxies
- Environment Ontology ID
- 01000807
- Equivalent class
- dbpedia.org
- Exact match
- purl.obolibrary.org
- Fandom article ID
- space:Galaxy
- France 24 topic ID (French)
- galaxy
- Freebase ID
- /m/039b5
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
- galaxia
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
- 0110947
- Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
- galakse
- Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID
- galaktiki-737336
- Harper's tag
- galaxies
- IMDb keyword
- galaxy
- Iconclass notation
- 24D2
- J9U entity ID
- 987007555549005171
- JSTOR topic ID (archived)
- galaxies
- KBpedia ID
- Galaxy
- Klexikon article ID
- Galaxie
- Krugosvet article (archived)
- nauka_i_tehnika/astronomiya/GALAKTIKI.html
- Larousse ID
- divers/galaxie/54275
- Lex ID
- galakse
- Lille norske leksikon ID
- galakse
- MeSH descriptor ID
- D055608
- MeSH tree code
- G01.060.075.320
- Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
- 98444146
- NDL Authority ID
- 00562458
- NE.se ID
- galax
- NL CR AUT ID
- ph120460
- OmegaWiki Defined Meaning
- 8322
- PSH ID
- 466
- ProofWiki ID
- Definition:Galaxy
- Quora topic ID
- Galaxies
- SNK ID
- 186696
- SVKKL authority ID
- h0000789-galaxie
- Springer Nature Subjects Taxonomy ID
- galaxies-and-clusters
- Stack Exchange tag
- astronomy.stackexchange.com
- Thesaurus for Graphic Materials ID
- tgm004392
- Topic's main category
- Category:Galaxies
- Treccani ID
- galassia
- UMLS CUI
- C0282063
- UNESCO Thesaurus ID
- concept3226
- Unified Astronomy Thesaurus ID
- 573
- Vikidia article ID
- en:Galaxy, es:Galaxia, ca:Galàxia, fr:Galaxie
- WikiKids ID
- Sterrenstelsel
- Wolfram Language entity type
- Galaxy
- WordNet 3.1 Synset ID
- 08287963-n
- YSO ID
- 1324
- Yale LUX ID
- place/bd4cc0e2-b2ea-4576-b7e4-fb6f8acbbc79
- Zhihu topic ID
- 19675215
🔗 Connections
Examples 2633
Andromeda Galaxy,
Triangulum Galaxy,
Antennae Galaxies,
NGC 7840,
NGC 2976,
NGC 503,
NGC 5195,
NGC 346
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Has these parts 29
Subtypes 29
← Field of work 11
← Main subject 7
Named after 6
Model item 5
← Category contains 4
← Has part(s) of the class 3
On focus list of Wikimedia project 2
Studied by 2
Topic has template 2
← Different from 2
← Is a list of 2
← Template has topic 2
Described by source 1
Different from 1
Named after 1
Part of 1
Subclass of 1
Topic's main category 1
← Category combines topics 1
← Category's main topic 1
← EU Knowledge Graph item ID 1
← Facet of 1
← Is the study of 1
← Lingua Libre ID 1
← Represents 1
← Resistance in Belgium ID 1
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Summary
galaxy is an astronomical object type[1]. galaxy is a type of deep-sky object[2].
Body
Influence
Things named for galaxy include LA Galaxy[23], an association football club[24], in United States[25], founded in 1995[26], headquartered in Los Angeles[27]; Super Mario Galaxy[28], a video game[29], directed by Yoshiaki Koizumi[30]; galactic algorithm[31]; Super Mario Galaxy 2[32], a video game[33]; Galaxy of Terror[34], a film[35], directed by Bruce D. Clark[36]; and Ginga[37], a train service[38], in Japan[39], founded in 1949[40].
Why It Matters
Entities named for galaxy include LA Galaxy[23], an association football club[24], in United States[25], founded in 1995[26], headquartered in Los Angeles[27]; Super Mario Galaxy[28], a video game[29], directed by Yoshiaki Koizumi[30]; galactic algorithm[31]; Super Mario Galaxy 2[32], a video game[33]; Galaxy of Terror[34], a film[35], directed by Bruce D. Clark[36]; and Ginga[37], a train service[38], in Japan[39], founded in 1949[40].