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==Common types== [[File:True blue.jpg|thumb|[[UGC 11411]] is a galaxy known as an irregular blue compact dwarf (BCD) galaxy.<ref> {{cite web |date=15 June 2015 |title=True blue |url=http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/potw1524a/ |publisher=[[European Space Agency|ESA]]/[[Hubble Space Telescope|Hubble]] |access-date=2015-06-15 }}</ref>]] * [[Elliptical galaxy]]: [[dwarf elliptical galaxy]] (dE) * [[Dwarf spheroidal galaxy]] (dSph): Once a subtype of dwarf ellipticals, now regarded as a distinct type {{Citation needed|date=December 2021}} * [[Irregular galaxy]]: [[Irregular galaxy#dwarf irregular anchor|dwarf irregular galaxy]] (dIrr) * [[Spiral galaxy]]: [[dwarf spiral galaxy]] (dS) <ref name="schombertetal1995"> {{cite journal |last1=Schombert |first1=J.M. |last2=Pildis |first2=R.A. |last3=Eder |first3=J.A. |last4=Oelmer |first4=A. Jr. |date=1995 |title=Dwarf Spirals |journal=[[The Astronomical Journal]] |volume=110 |pages=2067β2074 |bibcode=1995AJ....110.2067S |doi=10.1086/117669 |doi-access=free}}</ref> * [[Magellanic spiral|Magellanic type dwarfs]] * Blue compact dwarf galaxies (see [[Dwarf galaxy#Blue compact dwarf galaxies|section below]]) * Ultra-compact dwarf galaxies (see [[Dwarf galaxy#Ultra-compact dwarfs|section below]])
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