Lists of galaxies
# Lists of galaxies

A galaxy is a system of stars, stellar remnants, interstellar gas, dust, dark matter, bound together by gravity. The word is derived from the Greek galaxias, literally 'milky', a reference to the Milky Way galaxy that contains the Solar System.

## Lists of galaxies

* List of galaxies, general list of galaxies

### Galaxies by type

* List of spiral galaxies
* List of ring galaxies
* List of polar-ring galaxies
* List of quasars

### Galaxies by association

* List of largest galaxies
* List of nearest galaxies
* Satellite galaxies of the Milky Way

### Other characteristics

* List of galaxies named after people
* List of galaxies with richest globular cluster systems

## Lists of galaxy agglomerations

* List of galaxy groups and clusters
* List of galaxy superclusters
* List of filaments of galaxies
