Field galaxy

A field galaxy is a galaxy that does not belong to a larger galaxy group or cluster and hence is gravitationally alone.

Roughly 80% of all galaxies located within 5 Mpc (16 Mly) of the Milky Way are in groups or clusters of galaxies.[1] Most low-surface-brightness galaxies are field galaxies.[2] The median Hubble-type of field galaxies is Sb, a type of spiral galaxy.[3]

  1. ^ Astronomische Nachrichten, "On the Emptiness of Voids", K.-H. Schmidt; Petra Böhm; Hans Elsässer; vol. 318, no. 2, p. 81, Bibcode:1997AN....318...81S
  2. ^ "An Introduction to Galaxies and Cosmology", David J. Adams and others
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