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These six were all external galaxies to be known, before Charles Messier started to survey the sky for comets and "nebulae." His first original discovery of a galaxy, M49, a giant elliptical member of the Virgo Cluster, occurred in 1771. The Messier Catalog in his modern form contains 40 galaxies, all but the two...
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Elliptical galaxy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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An elliptical galaxy is a galaxy having an approximately ellipsoidal shape and a smooth, nearly featureless brightness profile. They range in shape from nearly spherical to highly flattened and in s...
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The adjacent image shows an example, the giant elliptical galaxy M87 in the center of the Virgo cluster (click on the image for a larger version).
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Spiral galaxies with short descriptions and photos. ... In constast the nucleus of a spiral galaxy is typically much more red in color, often resembling elliptical galaxies; this indicates the presence of many old stars in the nucleus of spiral galaxies.
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Sagittarius Dwarf Elliptical Galaxy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Sagittarius Dwarf Elliptical Galaxy ( SagDEG ) is an elliptical loop-shaped satellite galaxy of the Milky Way Galaxy. The main cluster which, in 1994, was the first to be discovered, is roughl...
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Explanation: Elliptical galaxies are known for their old, red stars. But is this old elliptical up to new tricks? In recent years, the centers of elliptical galaxies have been found to emit unexpectedly high amounts of blue ... M32: Blue Stars in an Elliptical Galaxy ; Credit: Thomas M. Brown (GSFC) et al., NASA...
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APOD: 1999 November 21 - Elliptical Galaxy NGC 4881 in Coma ; Explanation: Elliptical galaxies are unlike spiral galaxies and hence unlike our own Milky Way Galaxy. The giant elliptical galaxy named NGC 4881 on the upper left lies at the edge of the giant Coma Cluster of Galaxies.
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Elliptical Galaxies. An elliptical galaxy is a galaxy with a smooth, elliptical shape. It has no spiral arms and is generally yellow-red in color. ... Elliptical Galaxies; ELLIPTICAL GALAXY; An elliptical galaxy is a galaxy with a smooth, elliptical shape. It is also called an "E" or "E-type" galaxy. They vary greatly in...
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