2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/137161This paper has been withdrawn by the author due to the discovery of a serious bias resulting from the systematic dimming of galaxies with larger ellipticities away from the North Galactic Pole. Thus the conclusion that there is a special axis along which the elliptical galaxies tend to be aligned is incorrect.This paper has been withdrawnAstrophysicsThe Axis of Opportunity: The Large-Scale Correlation of Elliptical Galaxiestext