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English: Update: Further information on PGC 6240 can be found here.
Even though I've expressed some frustration with elliptical galaxies in the past, they are really starting to grow on me. They are subtle and seem more mysterious to me than eye-catching, dusty spirals. I'm not only attracted to the soft forms of this galaxy but there are so many galaxies filling the background it's not something you want to crop the edges away from. Also of interest is that the core of the galaxy is bright enough to generate faint diffraction spikes. Edit: When I wrote this description I didn't know how to look up how a galaxy is classified and confused the types of some galaxies, mainly lenticular ones. This is classified as a lenticular (S0) galaxy, not an elliptical. HST_10227_02_ACS_WFC_F814W_sci HST_10227_02_ACS_WFC_F475W_sci |
| Date | Taken on 17 May 2012, 21:39:47 |
| Source | PGC6240 |
| Author | geckzilla |
| Flickr sets | all astronomy; Hubble Processing |
| Flickr tags | hubble; elliptical; f814w; hubblelegacyarchive; hubbleshiddentreasures2012; galaxy; pgc6240; f475w |
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