Human classification, from celestial bodies to living organisms, often starts with their morphology. Depending on how something looks, it gets a certain label. This is all well and good until you find the exceptions, so you expand the category. But what happens when you find an exception to the exception? Well, you get something like galaxy NGC 2775. The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign in or subscribe to access the full content.

There are four main categories of galaxy. The most common are spiral and elliptical, with the occasional lenticular , as well as the presence of “other” box, which are the irregular galaxies. Spirals are known for their lovely arms as well as their richness in dust, gas, and new stars. The spiral galaxies are mostly flat like a pancake, w

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