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infrared galaxy comparison table

Subject	has definition	emit	has acronym
extremely red galaxy			ERG
IRAS galaxy	Any galaxy which was discovered by the Infra-Red Astronomical Satellite (IRAS) to possess an excessive amount of infrared emission.	excessive amounts of infrared light
ultra-luminous infrared galaxy			ULIRG

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