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Lenticular galaxy


Lenticular galaxy NGC 5866
(the Spindle Galaxy) in Draco

A lenticular galaxy is a type of galaxy which is intermediate between elliptical and spiral in the Hubble sequence classification scheme. Lenticular galaxies are disc galaxies (like spirals) which have used up or lost their interstellar matter (like elliptical galaxies).

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