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The Royal GalaxiesElliptical galaxy Elliptical galaxy Spherical or ovoid mass of stars An elliptical galaxy is a type of galaxy with an approximately ellipsoidal shape and a smooth, nearly featureless image. They are one of the three main classes of galaxy described by Edwin Hubble in his Hubble sequence and 1936 work The Realm of the Nebulae,[1] along with spiral and lenticular galaxies. Elliptical (E) galaxies are, together with lenticular galaxies (S0) with their large-scale disks, and ES galaxies[2][3][4] with their intermediate scale disks, a subset of the "early-type" galaxy population. The giant elliptical galaxy ESO 325-4 Most elliptical galaxies are composed of older, low-mass stars, with a sparse interstellar medium, and they tend to be surrounded by large numbers of globular… (Source: Wikipedia)
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