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• Lenticular galaxy — A lenticular galaxy is a type of galaxy which is intermediate between an elliptical galaxy and a spiral galaxy in galaxy morphological classification schemes.cite book author=R. J. Buta, H. G. Corwin, Jr., S. C. Odewahn year=2007s title=The de… …   Wikipedia

• lenticular galaxy — noun A galaxy that like spiral galaxies has a flat disk but unlike them has lost most of its interstellar matter and therefore has no spirals; considered a transitional form between spirals and elliptical galaxies …   Wiktionary

• Galaxia lenticular — La galaxia NGC 2787, un ejemplo de galaxia lenticular. Una galaxia lenticular es un tipo de galaxia intermedia entre una galaxia elíptica y una galaxia espiral que en la Secuencia de Hubble se clasifica como S0. Las galaxias lenticulares son con… …   Wikipedia Español

• Mice Galaxies — NGC 4676A / 4676B The Mice Galaxies, NGC 4676A (right)/NGC 4676B (left) Observation data (J2000 epoch) Constellation Coma Berenices …   Wikipedia

• Galaxia lenticular M85 — Messier 85 Datos de observación (Época J2000) Tipo SA (s)0 pec …   Wikipedia Español

• Hubble sequence — The Hubble sequence is a morphological classification scheme for galaxies invented by Edwin Hubble in 1936.cite book |last=Hubble |first=E. P. |authorlink=Edwin Hubble |title=The Realm of the Nebulae |year=1936 |publisher=Yale University Press… …   Wikipedia

• Galaxy morphological classification — Artist s concept illustrating bulge no bulge spiral galaxies. Galaxy morphological classification is a system used by astronomers to divide galaxies into groups based on their visual appearance. There are several schemes in use by which galaxies… …   Wikipedia

• Galaxy — This article is about the astronomical structure. For other uses, see Galaxy (disambiguation). NGC 4414, a typical spiral galaxy in the constellation Coma Berenices, is about 55,000 light years in diameter and approximately 60 million light… …   Wikipedia

• NGC 5866 — NGC 5866, as observed by the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). Credit: HST/NASA/ESA. Observation data (J2000 epoch) …   Wikipedia

• Centaurus A — (NGC 5128) Observation data (J2000 epoch) Constellation Centaurus …   Wikipedia

• NGC 2787 — as observed by the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). Observation data (J2000 epoch) Constellation Ursa Major …   Wikipedia