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Quasar vs Galaxy - What's the difference?

quasar | galaxy |

In galaxy terms the difference between quasar and galaxy

is that quasar is an extragalactic object, starlike in appearance, that is among the most luminous and thought to be the most distant objects in the universe while galaxy is any of the collections of many millions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc. existing as independent and coherent systems, of which there are billions in the known universe.

As a proper noun Galaxy is

the Milky Way Galaxy, from when it was thought the Universe (our universe) had only one galaxy.

quasar

English

(wikipedia quasar)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (galaxy) An extragalactic object, starlike in appearance, that is among the most luminous and thought to be the most distant objects in the universe.
  • Synonyms

    * Q * QSO, quasi-stellar object * (dated) QSR, quasi-stellar radio-source * (obsolete) QSS, quasi-stellar source * (obsolete) BSO, blue stellar object

    Derived terms

    * microquasar

    See also

    * AGN, active galactic nucleus * active galaxy * pulsar * RIQ, RLQ, RQQ ----

    galaxy

    English

    Noun

    (galaxies)
  • * 1633 , John Donne, "Sapho to Philænis":
  • So may thy cheekes red outweare scarlet dye, / And their white, whitenesse of the Galaxie [...].
  • (galaxy) Any of the collections of many millions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc. existing as independent and coherent systems, of which there are billions in the known universe.
  • Synonyms

    * (astronomy) G (abbreviation)

    Derived terms

    * active galaxy * dwarf galaxy * elliptical galaxy * extragalactic * galactic * galaxy cluster / cluster of galaxies * galaxy filament / filament of galaxies * galaxy nucleus * galaxy sheet / sheet of galaxies * galaxy wall / wall of galaxies * irregular galaxy * lenticular galaxy * spiral galaxy * whirlpool galaxy