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== Examples == "Dwarf elliptical" galaxies should not be confused with the rare "compact elliptical" galaxy class, of which [[Messier 32|M32]], a satellite of the [[Andromeda Galaxy]], is the prototype. In 1944 [[Walter Baade]] confirmed dwarf ellipticals [[NGC 147]] and [[NGC 185]] as members of the [[Local Group]] by resolving them into individual stars, thanks to their relatively little distance. In the 1950s, dEs were also discovered in the nearby [[Fornax Cluster|Fornax]] and [[Virgo Cluster|Virgo clusters]].<ref>G. Reaves (1956), [http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1956AJ.....61...69R Dwarf galaxies in the Virgo cluster]</ref>
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