Galaxy Zoo Talk

Ram pressure stripping - 2

  • Alpha_Aurigae by Alpha_Aurigae

    The past day a couple of us have been discussing ram pressure stripping. Now in my search for examples I came across two galaxies with features that may be attributed to ram pressure stripping. HOWEVER the galaxies are NOT in a cluster, so what is happening here? Interaction with dark matter? Or not ram pressure stripping but something else entirely?

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    AGZ00035ka

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    AGZ00035yt

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  • dj_tjitso by dj_tjitso

    This one also:

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  • Alpha_Aurigae by Alpha_Aurigae

    How about this one:

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    AGZ00058jr

    Small cluster

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator

    Good for you 😃

    ...and thank you for deleting the post referencing the science team - they also do this on a volunteer basis 😃

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  • vrooje by vrooje admin, scientist

    I am not an expert on ram pressure stripping, but I believe the identification of that phenomenon is made by more than just morphological features. For more information you might be interested in the papers of from e.g. Kenney, Crowl, Abramson et al, etc...

    I wish I had time to research this more with you but unfortunately I don't -- however I'd encourage you to look into the top 2 cases in particular as they might be interesting.

    Cheers,

    -Brooke

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