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Meaning of "elliptical galaxy"

refers to a type of galaxy that has an elliptical or oval-like shape. It is one of the major classifications of galaxies based on their shape and structure. Elliptical galaxies are usually made up of older stars and lack the distinct spiral arms commonly seen in spiral galaxies
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  • A galaxy having a smooth, featureless light-profile. It is one of the three main classes of galaxies originally described by Edwin Hubble in his 1936 work “The Realm of the Nebulae”.

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elliptical galaxy
An elliptical galaxy evolving into a spiral galaxy.
The result would therefore be an elliptical galaxy.
Dwarf elliptical galaxy.
It may be the closest giant elliptical galaxy.
Giant elliptical galaxy.
The remnant could be a giant elliptical galaxy.
With an elliptical galaxy.
It will most likely become an elliptical galaxy.
Every massive elliptical galaxy contains a supermassive black hole at its center.
Such a compact oval is typical of an elliptical galaxy.
It appears to be a giant elliptical galaxy with a supermassive black hole and associated accretion disk.
It is thought to be on its way to becoming a giant elliptical galaxy.
The brightest part of an elliptical galaxy is its center.
A lenticular galaxy is in between a spiral galaxy and an elliptical galaxy.
A prolate rotator galaxy is an elliptical galaxy in prolate rotation.

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The optical counterpart to the radio object is a peculiar giant elliptical galaxy.
A giant or supergiant diffuse or elliptical galaxy will result from this accumulation.
We can infer what is the underlying velocity dispersion of the elliptical galaxy.
This is the most remote portion of an elliptical galaxy ever to have been explored.
This work has provided a first description of a double ringed elliptical galaxy.
I think I can see the elliptical galaxy from here.
In that case the two galaxies will merge to form a giant elliptical galaxy.
It is the giant elliptical galaxy closest to the Milky Way.
Astronomers believe that the merger of two galaxies always results in an elliptical galaxy.
Observations with the Hubble Space Telescope show an elliptical galaxy with blobs and a filamentary structure.
Astronomers have predicted that all five galaxies may eventually merge into one large elliptical galaxy.
Dwarf galaxy Dwarf elliptical galaxy Peculiar galaxy Galaxy morphological classification.
Astronomers say the interacting galaxies will form a large elliptical galaxy in another billion years.
As the name suggests, an elliptical galaxy has the cross-sectional shape of an ellipse.
The collision of the Milky Way with Andromeda will leave behind a giant elliptical galaxy.
As the bulge component is usually spherical, elliptical galaxy classifications are also unsuitable.
Eventually, the merged spirals will settle down … to become an elliptical galaxy.
Well, whatever, they form a giant elliptical galaxy when they finally settle down.
Maffei 1 is a slightly flattened core type elliptical galaxy.
The fourth is a normal appearing elliptical galaxy ( at the lower right edge of the field ).
Galaxy that does not have a distinct regular shape, unlike a spiral or an elliptical galaxy.
Maffei 1 is a massive elliptical galaxy in the constellation Cassiopeia.
Artist image of a firestorm of star birth deep inside core of young, growing elliptical galaxy.
In the photo, the elliptical Galaxy of the hat.
This galaxy does not have a spiral disk, just a bulge, making it a massive elliptical galaxy.
The smallest known elliptical galaxy is about one-tenth the size of the Milky Way.
It may once have been a satellite of Sagittarius Dwarf Elliptical Galaxy or its star cluster.
Maffei 1 is a massive elliptical galaxy classified as type E3 in the Hubble classification scheme.
It is a lenticular galaxy, a kind of intermediate between an elliptical galaxy and a disc-shaped spiral.
E0 " designates an elliptical galaxy that displays no flattening-that is, it appears spherical.
Reported on a X-ray trail that exists between and the nearby elliptical galaxy.
The giant elliptical galaxy Messier 87 is surrounded by a huge halo.
Messier 87 is an example of an elliptical galaxy.
The prominent elliptical galaxy in the region, NGC 68, is probably not a member of the group.
These " late bloomers " are on their way to building a large elliptical galaxy.

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