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Look at this image of a galaxy. Which type of galaxy is shown?

Look at this image of a galaxy. Which type of galaxy is shown?-example-1
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It looks like an elliptical galaxy and if you need further classification I would say it is an E5 because of the way the radius looks, but I would double check on that
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Answer: Eliptical galaxy.

Explanation: There are 3 types of galaxies.

Spiral galaxies, where the shape of the galaxy is spiral-like, wherein the center is a cumulus of older stars, and from this cumulus come out some "arms" that give the "spiral" shape to the galaxy-

Elliptical galaxy, these are galaxies with an elliptical shape, where they are classified from E0 to E7, where E0 means that the shape is sphere-like, and E7 is a plate.

Irregular galaxies, these are galaxies where the shape is not defined, they may show a resemblance to the other known galaxies, but are not really well defined.

Based in this, the picture seems to be an elliptical galaxy.

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