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Elliptical Galaxies

NGC 2775

Elliptical galaxies have smooth, featureless light distributions and appear as ellipses in images.

Click on the pictures below for more information and additional photos.

Markarian's chain, M84, M86
Markarian’s Chain with M84, M86, and M87
NGC 1275, Perseus A
Perseus Cluster with NGC 1272 and NGC 1275
NGC 3613, NGC 3619, and NGC 3625
NGC 3613, NGC 3619, and NGC 3625
NGC 3998
NGC 3998
NGC 4889 and other galaxies in Coma Berenices
NGC 4889 in Coma Berenices
PGC 2641182
PGC 2641182
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