lenticular galaxy

English

Noun

lenticular galaxy (plural lenticular galaxies)

(astronomy) A galaxy that like spiral galaxies has a flat disk but unlike them has lost most of its interstellar matter and therefore has no spirals; considered a transitional form between spirals and elliptical galaxies.

Abbreviations

S0, SA0

Derived terms

barred lenticular galaxy

Translations

galaxy that has flat disk but has lost most of its interstellar matter

Esperanto: lensosimila galaksio
German: lentikuläre Galaxie f, linsenförmige Galaxie f

Turkish: merceksi galaksi

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