| Description | NGC 507 is a large and relatively bright galaxy where the galactic disc forms discrete rings of diminishing brightness as you move away from the core. This is categorized as a lenticular galaxy: more structure than a typical elliptical galaxy, but lacking the arm structure for a spiral. If you examine all of the galaxies so categorized in the Atlas (227-231), the first three (227-229) all depict a pair of galaxies, with a large, central lenticular galaxy. Confusingly, the other two (230-31) depict polar ring structures within a single, lenticular framework. |
