The family of elliptical galaxies is remarkable for the structural regularity of its members. Inspecting irregularities in this regularity could help in understanding how these galaxies form.
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Ciotti, L. Anatomy of elliptical galaxies. Nature 460, 333–334 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/460333a
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