elliptical galaxy
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[edit]Noun
[edit]elliptical galaxy (plural elliptical galaxies)
- A galaxy having a smooth, featureless light-profile. It is one of the three main classes of galaxies originally described by Edwin Hubble in his 1936 work “The Realm of the Nebulae”.
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[edit]galaxy having smooth, featureless light-profile
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