Elliptical Galaxy

Elliptical Galaxies are large spherically shaped collections of old red stars. They come in two varieties, "oblate" ellipticals which are squashed around the poles, and "prolate" ellipticals which are squashed around the equator.

Elliptical galaxies are the largest galaxy morphology and are relatively rare compared to other morphologies when playing with the "default" verse preset. They exclusively generate in or near galaxy clusters, often accompanied by lenticular and other elliptical galaxies.