Lenticular Galaxy

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Nov 2000

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000eaa..booke4699.&link_type=abstract

"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 4699. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

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Galaxies, Galactic Models And Concepts

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A lens-shaped galaxy that has a central bulge and disk but no spiral arms. Lenticular galaxies, which are denoted by `S0' or `SB0' in the Hubble classification scheme, appear to be intermediate in type between elliptical and spiral galaxies. They are flatter than the flattest ellipticals (`E7' ellipticals) but show no signs of spiral structure in their disks. It is possible that they may be spira...

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