... As sites of intense star formation, the rings have been interpreted as evidence Andromeda collided with its smaller neighboring ellipticalgalaxy M32 more than 200 million years ago. ...
... Classified as a lenticular galaxy , NGC 4762 presents an edge-on disk as a narrow gash of light while NGC 4754 is a football-shaped ellipticalgalaxy. ...
... But, at least until now, such radio sources were only known to arise from the cores of giant ellipticalgalaxies or in violent merging galaxy systems, making 0313-192 the wrong kind of galaxy to be found in this scenario. ...
... The large edge-on spiral near picture center, the fuzzy ellipticalgalaxy immediately to its right, and the spiral near the top of the image are identified members of the group, while the small spiral galaxy in the middle is likely a more distant ...
... The large edge-on spiral near picture center, the fuzzy ellipticalgalaxy immediately to its right, and the spiral near the top of the image are identified members of the group, while the small spiral galaxy in the middle is likely a more distant ...
... Photos like this indicate that clusters in the past contained a higher fraction of spirals than do nearby clusters , which are usually dominated by ellipticalgalaxies . ...