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July 8th 11, 10:21 AM
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Galaxy classification is out of tune, say astronomers
Galaxy classification is out of tune, say astronomers:
http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/46420 quote What surprised Cappellari and his colleagues was that 66% of the galaxies previously classified as elliptical were now shown by ATLAS3D to be fast-rotating discs. end quote 
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July 8th 11, 10:41 PM
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Galaxy classification is out of tune, say astronomers
On 08/07/2011 5:21 AM, Jan Panteltje wrote:
Galaxy classification is out of tune, say astronomers: http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/46420 quote What surprised Cappellari and his colleagues was that 66% of the galaxies previously classified as elliptical were now shown by ATLAS3D to be fast-rotating discs. end quote Yeah, ellipticals are just spirals that haven't settled down yet from mergers. A lot of ellipticals are probably just spirals already anyways. Yousuf Khan
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