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| Sc spiral | ||||
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| Sc spiral | is a kind of spiral galaxy |  |
| has definition Spiral galaxy with arms widely spread out from the nucleus. | | |
| spiral galaxy | has classification criterion Subdivided according to the openness of the spiral arms as Sa spiral, Sb spiral or Sc spiral. | |
| has mass 1010 to 1012 Msun | | |
| galaxy | has number of stars 106 to 1012 | |
| has catalog galaxy catalog | | |
| celestial body | has spectra | |
| physical object | has location or center of gravity | |
| has angular momentum | | |
| has velocity | | |
| has momentum | | |
| has temperature | | |
| has volume | | |
| has extent | | |
| has material | |
Kinds of Sc spiral :
(9 facts) (NGC 4321) (15 facts) (M 33, NGC 598, Triangulum galaxy) - The third largest member of the Local Group, after Andromeda galaxy and the Milky Way. It is a spiral galaxy that lies 2.6 million light-years away., A spiral galaxy that lies 2.6 million light-years away and is the third largest member of the Local Group, after Andromeda galaxy and the Milky Way., A Sc II-III spiral galaxy, a satellite of the Andromeda galaxy, about 700 kpc distant. Mv = - 18.9. (10 facts) (M 51, NGC 5194)