lenticular-like galaxy

C40652
concept

A lenticular-like galaxy is a disk-shaped galaxy with a central bulge and faint or absent spiral structure, exhibiting properties intermediate between elliptical and spiral galaxies.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
lenticular galaxy 8
early-type galaxy 1
lenticular galaxy candidate 1

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: lenticular-like galaxy
Generated description
A lenticular-like galaxy is a disk-shaped galaxy with a central bulge and faint or absent spiral structure, exhibiting properties intermediate between elliptical and spiral galaxies.

Instances (11)

Instance Via concept surface
Messier 87
NGC 5102 lenticular galaxy
M84 lenticular galaxy
NGC 4438 lenticular galaxy candidate
NGC 4526 lenticular galaxy
NGC 4459 lenticular galaxy
NGC 4382 lenticular galaxy
NGC 4435 lenticular galaxy
NGC 4461 lenticular galaxy
NGC 4473 early-type galaxy
Sextans
surface form: NGC 3115
lenticular galaxy