GK
THE UNIVERSE
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Question
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elliptical
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irregular
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spiral
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barred spiral
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Detailed explanation-1: -Ellipticals galaxies have a round or elliptical shape (like an American football), with a smooth appearance, contain no gas to fuel new star formation, and show little or no signatures of dust or any distinct features.
Detailed explanation-2: -Centaurus A-the closest galaxy to the Milky Way, only 11 million light-years away. This is a giant elliptical galaxy.
Detailed explanation-3: -Ellipticals. Elliptical galaxies are so named because they have elliptical shapes: they look like fat, fuzzy eggs or footballs. Stars in ellipticals do not spread out into a thin disk, as they do in spiral galaxies; instead, they wrap evenly around the galaxy’s center in all directions.
Detailed explanation-4: -Elliptical galaxies do not have a disk or arms. Instead, they are characterized by a smooth, ball-shaped appearance. Ellipticals contain old stars, and possess little gas or dust. They are classified by the shape of the ball, which can range from round to oval (baseball-shaped to football-shaped).