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Messier 32 is a dwarf elliptical galaxy about 2.65 million light years away in the constellation Andromeda

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is a giant elliptical galaxy in the constellation about 10 billion light years away in the constellation Cassiopeia. It is the closest giant elliptical galaxy to the Milky Way

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Age. An elliptical galaxy is much older.

It also does not show any signs of arms or new star formation.

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it is true because there are lots and lots of galaxies that are ellipitical

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No, Milky Way is a barred spiral.

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They look like eclipse ones like s82o.

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