Barred irregular galaxy

A barred irregular galaxy is an irregular version of a barred spiral galaxy. Examples include the Large Magellanic Cloud[1] and NGC 6822.[2] Some barred irregular galaxies (like the Large Magellanic Cloud) may be dwarf spiral galaxies, which have been distorted into an irregular shape by tidal interactions with a more massive neighbor.

References

  1. ↑ Sidney van den Bergh, The Local Group of Galaxies, National Research Council of Canada
  2. ↑ Norbert Przybilla, Quantitative Spectroscopy of Supergiants, Munich, 2002
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