The lenticular galaxy NGC 2787. This disk-like galaxy—imaged in visible light by the Hubble Space Telescope—contains little dust or gas, has no appreciable spiral structure or ongoing star formation, and may contain a massive black hole in its nucleus that is quietly consuming small amounts of matter. This galaxy, and others like it, may be the late stages of a ULIRG.

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