page_title: Galaxy morphological classification
hierarchical_section_title: Galaxy morphological classification
caption_attribution_description: English: Galaxies are very important fundamental building blocks of the Universe. Some are simple, while others are very complex in structure. As one of the first steps towards a coherent theory of galaxy evolution, the American astronomer Edwin Hubble, developed a classification scheme of galaxies in 1926. Although this scheme, also known as the Hubble tuning fork diagram, is now considered somewhat too simple, the basic ideas still hold...Čeština: Galaxie jsou velmi důležitými základními stavebními kvádry vesmíru. Některé galaxie jsou jednoduché, jiné jsou velmi složitě členěné. Jedním z prvních kroků ke vzniku soustavné teorie o vývoji galaxií bylo klasifikační schéma galaxií, které v roce 1926 vyvinul americký astronom Edwin Hubble. Takzvaná Hubbleova ladička byla později rozšířena o další typy galaxií, původní myšlenka však stále přetrvává.
context_page_description: Galaxy morphological classification is a system used by astronomers to divide galaxies into groups based on their visual appearance. There are several schemes in use by which galaxies can be classified according to their morphologies, the most famous being the Hubble sequence, devised by Edwin Hubble and later expanded by Gérard de Vaucouleurs and Allan Sandage. However, galaxy classification and morphology are now largely done using computational methods and physical morphology.
context_section_description: Galaxy morphological classification is a system used by astronomers to divide galaxies into groups based on their visual appearance. There are several schemes in use by which galaxies can be classified according to their morphologies, the most famous being the Hubble sequence, devised by Edwin Hubble and later expanded by Gérard de Vaucouleurs and Allan Sandage. However, galaxy classification and morphology are now largely done using computational methods and physical morphology.
caption: Tuning-fork-style diagram of the Hubble sequence
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