[天]椭圆星系；椭圆星云

elliptical galaxies───[天]椭圆星系；椭圆星云

elliptically───adv.省略地；椭圆形地

ecliptically───黄道

elliptical orbit───卫星椭圆轨道；椭圆轨迹

elliptical spring───椭圆形弹簧

spiral galaxy───n.漩涡星系

elliptical springs───椭圆形弹簧

elliptical───adj.椭圆的；省略的

ellipticalness───n.椭圆性

Its broad arms are distorted by gravitational interaction with a fellow Virgo cluster member, giant elliptical galaxy NGC 4697.───其宽广的旋臂被该星系团另一成员，巨型椭圆星系ngc 4697的引力作用所扭曲。

Will the result of these galactic collisions be one big elliptical galaxy?───星系的撞击将会使它们合成一个大的椭圆型星系吗？

below and to its right is fuzzy-looking Maffei 1, the closest giant elliptical galaxy to Earth.───下面偏右（在画面的左边中间）看起来毛绒绒一团的是马费伊1，离地球最近的巨型椭圆星系。

Besides the dark dust, NGC 7049appears similar to a smooth elliptical galaxy, although featuring surprisingly few globular star clusters.───除了暗黑尘埃，NGC7049则与平滑的椭圆形星系相似，尽管其具有令人吃惊的几个球状星团。

"The result of that merger will likely be an active elliptical galaxy, similar to M87, " Perlman said.───这个合并的结果很可能是像M87这样的活跃的椭圆星系。

The stars in an elliptical galaxy are often very close together making the center look like one giant star.───该星在椭圆星系往往是非常密切的合作使中心看起来像一个巨大的恒星。

Its broad arms are distorted by gravitational interaction with a fellow Virgo cluster member, giant elliptical galaxy NGC 4697.───其宽广的旋臂被该星系团另一成员，巨型椭圆星系NGC4697的引力作用所扭曲。

If the Earth were inside an elliptical galaxy it would be bright both day and night.───如果地球是一个椭圆形的星系内，将是光明的两个白天和黑夜。

Its broad arms are distorted by gravitational interaction with a fellow Virgo cluster member, giant elliptical galaxy NGC 4697.

Hole masses are strongly correlated with the mass of the surrounding elliptical galaxy or bulge; they are not correlated with the mass of the spiral disk.

If stars are born in the gas before the galactic cloud becomes rotationally supported, the stars will maintain their individual orbits around the galactic center, creating an elliptical galaxy.