Galaxy Zoo Talk

Mystery red rings.

  • aussiegoodstuff by aussiegoodstuff

    There seem to be 4 linked large red rings here - including one around the galaxy. I haven't seen anything like this in many thousands of classifications. Is it some sort of scanning anomaly I wonder?

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  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator

    Hi aussiegoodstuff and welcome to the Zoo

    The red rings to the right are optical artifacts. The ring around the galaxy are actually the fuzzy spiral arms. Here's the optical image

    enter image description here

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  • aussiegoodstuff by aussiegoodstuff

    Thanks for clearing that up. I have seen red anomalies before, but not as ordered as this.

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