Elliptical Galaxies

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Nov 2000

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000eaa..booke1672d&link_type=abstract

"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 1672. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Galaxies, Galactic Models And Concepts

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Elliptical galaxies are smooth, quiescent star-piles, devoid of any of the spectacular structures found in SPIRAL GALAXIES. They have no disk, no spiral structure and only small amounts of the gas and dust. As a result there are no obvious symptoms of continuing star formation: no H II regions or young star clusters. They are the simplest galactic systems comprising just a single component, relat...

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