Legacy Astronomical Images > Galaxies Series > Early-type Galaxies Unit

Description

Early-type galaxies include elliptical and S0 ("lenticular") galaxies. They are round or elliptical in outline. Elliptical galaxies typically contain little gas and dust, no spiral arms or disk, and few hot, bright stars. Lenticular galaxies are also round or elliptical in outline, but have a disk component as well. Early-type galaxies are sometimes the hosts of quasars and powerful radio sources. Images of those objects are categorized separately under Active Galactic Nuclei.

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Atomic Gas in Fornax A
Description: VLA atomic hydrogen of the central dominant galaxy of the Fornax Cluster, Fornax A (a.k.a. NGC 1316). The gas is shown as blue contours on an optical image from the Digital Sky Survey. The main body of the Fornax A is typical of early type galaxies,…

Atomic Gas in the NGC 5018 Group
Description: VLA atomic hydrogen observations of the NGC 5018 group. The upper panel is the optical image from the Digital Sky Survey, while the lower panel shows the same optical image to fainter light levels, with contours indicating the distribution of the…

Atomic Gas in the Shell Galaxy NGC 2865
Description: VLA atomic hydrogen observations of the shell galaxy NGC 2865. The gas is shown as yellow contours on an optical image from the Digital Sky Survey. The main body of the NGC 2865 is typical of early type galaxies, but at fainter light levels the…

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