NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/NASA/R. Gendler/K. Wang/M. Zamani
Morphological sequence from dwarf galaxy to UCD
A continuum of galaxies captured at different stages of the transformation process from a dwarf galaxy to an ultra-compact dwarf galaxy (UCD). These objects are located near the supergiant elliptical galaxy M87, the dominant member of the neighboring Virgo Cluster.
