Lenticular galaxies

in #galaxies7 years ago

Between spirals and ellipticals there is an intermediate case, that of lenticular galaxies. Like the spirals, they have a large nucleus and a disc, but, like the ellipticals, they lack helical arms and have a relatively poor interstellar medium.![ngc5866.jpg](
The lenticular galaxy NGC 5866 at 45 million light-years photographed by the space telescope

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