Lenticular galaxy
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lenticular-galaxy-189-5088542
title:
Lenticular galaxy
text:
A lenticular galaxy is a type of galaxy intermediate between an elliptical and a spiral galaxy in galaxy morphological classification schemes. It contains a large-scale disc but does not have large-scale spiral arms. Lenticular galaxies are disc galaxies that have used up or lost most of their interstellar matter and therefore have very little ongoing star formation. They may, however, retain significant dust in their disks. As a result, they consist mainly of aging stars. Despite the morphologi
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wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Class of galaxy between an elliptical galaxy and a spiral galaxy
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenticular_galaxy
date created:
2003-09-15T16:11:59Z
date modified:
2024-09-09T06:04:35Z
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fields total:
13
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16