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Keyword: NGC 1700
NGC 1700:  Эллиптическая галактика и вращающийся диск NGC 1700: Elliptical Galaxy and Rotating Disk
15.01.2003

In spiral galaxies, majestic winding arms of young stars and interstellar gas and dust rotate in a disk around a bulging galactic nucleus. Elliptical galaxies seem to be simpler, randomly swarming with old stars and lacking gas and dust.





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