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The 29 pages that link to Elliptical galaxy, each with the reason it gives.

• Galaxy mergerRelated: Repeated mergers can scramble stellar orbits and help build massive elliptical galaxies.

• GalaxyBroader topic: It represents a common galaxy form with less ongoing star formation.

• Spiral galaxyCompared with: It lacks the prominent star-forming disk and spiral arms characteristic of spiral galaxies.

• Galaxy morphologyBroader topic: Ellipticals occupy one major branch of the Hubble sequence.

• Galaxy formation and evolutionBroader topic: Many ellipticals preserve evidence of past mergers and quenched star formation.

• Hubble sequenceBroader topic: Ellipticals occupy the sequence’s E branch, ordered by apparent elongation.

• Barred spiral galaxyCompared with: Its shape and lack of prominent spiral arms contrast with barred disk galaxies.

• Galactic bulgeCompared with: A classical bulge resembles an elliptical galaxy but remains embedded in a larger galaxy.

• Galactic diskCompared with: It provides a morphological contrast to galaxies whose visible structure is dominated by a disk.

• Lenticular galaxyCompared with: It resembles a lenticular galaxy in smoothness but lacks a prominent disk.

• Galaxy interactionBroader topic: Major mergers can produce remnants with elliptical-like structure.

• Dwarf galaxyCompared with: The term includes giant systems as well as dwarf ellipticals, which differ greatly in scale.

• Centaurus ARelated: Centaurus A’s main stellar body is elliptical, despite its conspicuous dust lane.

• Irregular galaxyCompared with: Its smooth stellar profile contrasts with the clumpy asymmetry common in irregulars.

• Antennae GalaxiesRelated: A major merger like this can eventually leave a remnant with an elliptical form.

• Messier 87Narrower topic: M87 belongs to this broad galaxy class, though it is unusually massive.

• Flocculent spiral galaxyCompared with: Its smooth appearance contrasts with the patchy disk structure of flocculent spirals.

• Sombrero GalaxyCompared with: The Sombrero’s large bulge can look elliptical, but its disk and dust lane distinguish it.

• Galaxy morphological classificationBroader topic: Ellipticals form the principal smooth-structure class in the Hubble sequence.

• Brightest cluster galaxyRelated: Most brightest cluster galaxies have the structure and old stellar populations of giant ellipticals.

• Low surface brightness galaxyCompared with: Its centrally concentrated light profile contrasts with the extended faint disks common among low surface brightness spirals.

• Dwarf elliptical galaxyNarrower topic: Dwarf ellipticals are low-luminosity members of the broader elliptical-galaxy family.

• IC 1101Narrower topic: IC 1101 belongs to this broad galaxy class.

• cD galaxyNarrower topic: cD galaxies are giant ellipticals distinguished by their unusually extended envelopes.

• Messier 49Narrower topic: Messier 49 is a particularly massive example of this galaxy class.

• Unbarred spiral galaxyCompared with: It contrasts with the disk-and-arm structure of unbarred spirals.

• de Vaucouleurs's lawBroader topic: The profile was developed to describe the light of these galaxies.

• Formation and evolution of stars and galaxiesBroader topic: Its old stars and low present-day star formation show one possible endpoint of galaxy evolution.

• Sandra FaberBroader topic: Faber’s scaling relation was established for these galaxies.