Monday, January 31, 2011

Gala-la-laxy!!!!!! =P

     Galaxy! Gala-la-laxy! Hey guys! It's me! So today we're going to talk about galaxies. Does anyone remember what a galaxy is? (umm is it a cloud of matter?) Close, it's a cloud of dust, gas, planets, and stars. But good try! (thank you!) Well we're gonna try to get a little bit more detailed than that today. We're gonna learn about, "the three major classifications of galaxies." That's what Mr.Sellers (my science teacher) told me to write about in specific. But don't get me wrong, this is a very interesting topic. Lemme show you.
        OK so the classifications are, drum roll please. Dudududuudududududududu..... Elliptical, Spiral, and Irregular! Here is what they are:
Elliptical Galaxies- They're shaped like an oval or a disk. It's very BRIGHT! It actually gets brighter as you get further in. Something cool is that they don't have an, "exact axis of rotation." That means that it doesn't spin in a specific way.

see i TOLD u it was bright!















Spiral Galaxies- Spirals have three parts. A bulge, a disk, and a halo. The bulge is in the center and it has most of the older stars. The disk has a bunch of gas, dust, and younger stars. It makes up the arms. Cool fact: Our sun is in an arm. The halo is around the bulge and some of the disk. It also contains clusters of stars called global clusters.

oo that has brown, blue, and PURPLE!









Irregular Galaxies- These galaxies have no definate shape or form. There isn't much we know about them. We DO know that they have mostly younger stars. They have different shapes and sizes. Basiclly they're the rejects. They're um...what do you call it? (irregular?) YEAH! That's it!


it kinda looks like a sideways C














     Well that's the end of my blog! Hope you guys like! Here's a super weird video. BYE!!!!! Science Fun:)

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