NGC 751
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NGC 751 is an elliptical galaxy approximately 225 million light-years away from Earth in the constellation of Triangulum. It forms a close pair of interacting galaxies together with the nearby NGC 750
Interacting galaxies NGC 750 (top) and NGC 751 (bottom) (SDSS)
Elliptical galaxy
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An elliptical galaxy is a type of galaxy with an approximately ellipsoidal shape and a smooth, nearly featureless image. They are one of the three main classes of galaxy described by Edwin Hubble in h
The large elliptical galaxy IC 1101
Elliptical galaxy IC 2006
The galaxy located in the image is 4C 73.08, a giant elliptical galaxy.
Hercules A, a supergiant elliptical galaxy and also a radio galaxy. The radio lobes shown here in pink are over a million light-years across.