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Blue galaxy

by suelaine

What makes this galaxy completely blue?

Posted April 14, 2014 10:13 PM
by ElisabethB moderator

See my comments to the left.

Posted April 14, 2014 10:23 PM

Subject: AGZ00071y4

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by suelaine

#sideon_disk. Why is this galaxy completely blue?

Posted April 14, 2014 10:12 PM
by ElisabethB moderator

This is an infrared image from the UKIDS Survey. The colors will be obviously a bit weird.

Posted April 14, 2014 10:23 PM
by ElisabethB moderator

Here's the image in the optical (image flipped) : http://tinyurl.com/qdm8s7k

Posted April 14, 2014 10:23 PM