title: Lists of galaxies
text: # 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
  