Lenticular Galaxy

Lenticular galaxies are characterized by their disk-like shape, sweeping elliptical arcs, densely populated central bulge, and sparsely populated halo. Stars in the arcs are younger and bluer on average, while stars in the bulge and halo tend to be older and redder. Lenticulars come in two varieties: "arc", and "ring". Arc lenticulars have arcs which generate randomly throughout the entire galactic disk, while ring lenticulars only generate arcs within a belt encircling the central bulge.

Lenticular galaxies are rare compared to other galaxy morphologies when playing with the "default" verse preset, and tend to generate in large galaxy clusters.