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G'Day Alex;
Its interesting … I don't think you could rule out a barred galaxy or spiral barred shapes either.
So, it could be elliptical, barred, barred spiral, etc, etc ..
The thing that I get from this, is re-assurance of the amazing diversity that's out there.
I was just reading up on the new mini-black hole that Chandra has photographed, the mysterious 'bubble' they've photographed extending either side of the Milky Way, (and there are several others which have appeared lately).
It seems to me that with each new space based scope we get up there, and with every new and improved ground based technology, we start discovering more exceptions to the 'rule'.
The 'Golden Age' of Astronomy, eh ??
Imagine the discoveries that could happen if we could get another angle on these distant galaxies ? (Ie: other than Earth's frame of reference ?)
Cheers
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