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The 15 pages that link to Lenticular galaxy, each with the reason it gives.

• Elliptical galaxyCompared with: It can resemble an elliptical while retaining a disk that distinguishes its structure.

• Spiral galaxyCompared with: It retains a disk yet lacks the obvious arms that distinguish spiral galaxies.

• Galaxy morphologyBroader topic: Lenticulars bridge the visual features of ellipticals and spirals.

• Hubble sequenceBroader topic: Lenticulars form the intermediate S0 class between ellipticals and spirals.

• Barred spiral galaxyCompared with: It can contain a bar, but lacks the conspicuous arms that make a galaxy a barred spiral.

• Irregular galaxyCompared with: It has a recognizable disk and bulge, unlike galaxies classified as irregular.

• Galactic barCompared with: Lenticular galaxies can host bars, but lack the prominent spiral arms typical of barred spirals.

• Cartwheel GalaxyCompared with: The Cartwheel’s bright ring makes its structure unlike a smooth lenticular disk.

• Flocculent spiral galaxyCompared with: It shows how a disk galaxy can lack the star-forming patterns that reveal flocculent arms.

• Sombrero GalaxyCompared with: Its bulge-dominated appearance has prompted comparisons with lenticular galaxies, though its classification is not straightforward.

• Galaxy morphological classificationBroader topic: Lenticulars occupy the transition between spiral and elliptical forms in the Hubble sequence.

• Ring galaxyCompared with: A smooth disk can resemble a ring system at a glance, but lacks its defining prominent ring.

• NGC 1275Related: NGC 1275 is often classified as a peculiar lenticular galaxy.

• Unbarred spiral galaxyCompared with: Its disk lacks the conspicuous arms that distinguish unbarred spirals.

• Magellanic spiralCompared with: Its smooth disk lacks the spiral arms that define Magellanic galaxies.