October 19, 2012 - New Scientist
Meet a poor crazy mixed-up galaxy, NGC 660. It's a lenticular galaxy,
meaning it's not a crowd-pleasing spiral or a shapeless blob elliptical,
but essentially both. Visible in this image from a Gemini telescope on the mountain Mauna Kea, Hawaii, is a surrounding ring of gas, dust and stars, which is what's confusing astronomers....