what is it

• by briang

  Is this a lens, ring or just irregular

  Posted January 20, 2014 7:13 PM

• by JeanTate in response to briang's comment.

  It's UGC 02385, according to NED. It's a nice, nearly face-on spiral galaxy with well-developed arms and a fairly small bulge. In the Hubble classification scheme it's an Sc.

  Here it is as imaged by SDSS:

  

  Amazing how different a galaxy looks, when you view it in a different part of the electromagnetic spectrum, isn't it?

  Happy hunting! 😃

  Posted January 20, 2014 7:30 PM