Hubble telescope finds galaxy NGC 2775 with mixed characteristics

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The Hubble Space Telescope has discovered galaxy NGC 2775, which exhibits characteristics of spiral, elliptical, and lenticular galaxies, defying easy classification. Located 67 million light-years away in the Cancer constellation, NGC 2775 has a smooth, gas-poor center resembling an elliptical galaxy, but also a ring of dust and star clusters similar to a spiral galaxy. This enigmatic galaxy's unusual structure may be the result of past galactic mergers, with some astronomers classifying it as a flocculent spiral galaxy.


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