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Galaxies and galaxy clusters.

A galaxy is an assembly of billions of stars. The mass of an average galaxy is an order of magnitude greater than a hundred million solar masses. Galaxies interact with their neighbors and these interactions modify their shapes. Two or more galaxies can sometimes merge. Galaxies are of three types: elliptical, spiral, irregular.

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