Hubble Image of the Week – Lenticular Galaxy Mrk 820

This newly released Hubble image shows lenticular galaxy Mrk 820, which is located roughly 300 million light-years away. This galaxy is known as Mrk 820 and is classified as a lenticular galaxy — type S0 on the Hubble Tuning Fork. The Hubble Tuning Fork is used to classify galaxies according to their morphology. Elliptical galaxies […]
The post Hubble Image of the Week – Lenticular Galaxy Mrk 820 appeared first on SciTech Daily.