Galaxy Zoo Talk

Interesting galaxy

  • jarradm_2002 by jarradm_2002

    There is an interesting shape and structure to this galaxy. There is also the interesting blue dot on it as well

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  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator

    A beautiful edge on galaxy with a very bright core. The darker spot in the core is an optical artifact. The blue dot is a foreground star from our galaxy.

    This is the infrared image from the UKIDSSurvey.

    And this is what it looks like in the optical (image rotated)

    enter image description here

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