Objects that need more research

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AGZ0002ja5

What is the origin of the jetlike features?

Posted October 15, 2014 9:45 AM

by Budgieye moderator in response to Alpha Aurigae's comment.

Good one..... I am stumped!

Posted October 15, 2014 7:15 PM

by DZM admin

That is very interesting. There are some new comments on the Object itself that might shed some light?

Posted October 16, 2014 4:18 PM

by Capella05 moderator in response to DZM's comment.

Not really 😃

If we have a look in ALADIN, the star that Liz is referring to is the bright orange one in the top right.

Nothing to do with the blue/white feature extending down the lower right plane of the galaxy 😃

Posted October 16, 2014 4:46 PM

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AGZ0003pme

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AGZ0005i3o

See this discussion: http://talk.galaxyzoo.org/#/boards/BGZ0000004/discussions/DGZ0000v3i

Posted October 18, 2014 10:22 PM

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AGZ0001xvy

How come this galaxy is disturbed with no apparent neighbours?

Posted October 18, 2014 10:28 PM

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AGZ0001fuq

Bulge or something else?

Posted October 19, 2014 9:26 PM

by ElisabethB moderator in response to Alpha Aurigae's comment.

Fuzzy polar ring or fuzzy bulge? 😄

Posted October 19, 2014 10:50 PM

I had hoped it might be something like M82...

Posted October 19, 2014 10:52 PM

by ElisabethB moderator in response to Alpha Aurigae's comment.

The colors of the bulge/polar ring/something else are so close to the colors of the galaxy. That makes me think they are one and the same thing !

Posted October 19, 2014 10:59 PM

by JeanTate in response to Alpha Aurigae's comment.

You are. probably right, Elisabeth. What do you think of the two I posted earlier on this page?

Posted October 19, 2014 11:05 PM

SDSS J031800.39+114631.6, z_ph 0.078 ± 0.0331/0.082 ± 0.0617:

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Perhaps the E blue-white feature is (or contains) the nucleus of a second galaxy, which is merging with its much bigger neighbor? It seems to be the source of both the 1.4GHz radio emission (per NVSS; this is outside the FIRST footprint) and WISE 12μ band emission, both of which seem point-like (~45" FWHM NVSS, ~5" WISE; somewhat elongated in WISE):

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I'll estimate the radio luminosity later, to see how it compares with AGNs.

Generic boilerplate: Background image is SDSS per http://skyservice.pha.jhu.edu/DR10/ImgCutout/getjpeg.aspx. WISE (lime) (12μ band) and NVSS (cyan) contours are derived from FITS files produced using SkyView with Python code described in this RGZ Talk thread. The image center (J2000.0) is the SDSS galaxy SDSS J031800.39+114631.6; z_ph its photometric redshift.

Posted October 22, 2014 2:39 AM

by JeanTate in response to JeanTate's comment.

I'll estimate the radio luminosity later, to see how it compares with AGNs.

From VizieR, which in turn accesses the NVSS catalog, the integrated 1.4GHz flux is 23.5 mJy. Using this online calculator, that's 3.710²³ W/Hz. Independently, using WP's radio luminosity definition, I get 3.5*10²³ W/Hz.

That's an AGN, not even the most intense of starbursts has such a high radio luminosity (though there may be a starburst too, of course).

Interestingly, one of the papers which includes this object is "Host Galaxies Catalog Used in LIGO Searches for Compact Binary Coalescence Events" (Kopparapu+ 2008) 😮 However, it's just one among 36,931 NED objects, so it can't be all that special, can it? 😉

*the online calculator warns "Note: No allowance is made for K-corrections or redshift-bandwidth effects"; the WP definition includes both (though you have to assume a value for the spectral index).

Posted October 22, 2014 11:18 AM

by Budgieye moderator

Thank you Jean. Should we consider a cosmic ray hit? I know most have them have been cleaned away, but this might be one.

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http://talk.galaxyzoo.org/#/subjects/AGZ0002ja5

http://skyserver.sdss3.org/dr8/en/tools/explore/obj.asp?id=1237664088598052929

outside dr7 footprint, nothing in the forum

Posted October 22, 2014 4:34 PM

by Budgieye moderator

blue starforming? in straight line

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http://talk.galaxyzoo.org/#/boards/BGZ0000004/discussions/DGZ0000ztt

discussion 2MASX J23475634+0801515 Jets or Polar ring? http://talk.galaxyzoo.org/#/boards/BGZ0000004/discussions/DGZ0000ztt

Posted October 22, 2014 4:45 PM

by Budgieye moderator

two pink areas Seyfert or voorwerpje?

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http://talk.galaxyzoo.org/#/subjects/AGZ0002kcc

http://skyserver.sdss3.org/dr8/en/tools/explore/obj.asp?id=1237664668426829943 nothing in forum

http://cas.sdss.org/dr7/en/tools/explore/obj.asp?id=587738947201925237 vague mention in forum

NED has 2MASX J08580276+2803292 UV source and Xray source

nearby http://skyserver.sdss3.org/dr8/en/tools/explore/obj.asp?id=1237664668426829942

http://cas.sdss.org/dr7/en/tools/explore/obj.asp?id=587738947201925236 a few mentions in forum, nothing concluded

Posted October 23, 2014 5:00 AM

by JeanTate in response to JeanTate's comment.

WISE's 22μ band has a lower resolution than the other three bands, but strong sources in this band are far more likely to be AGNs than are strong sources in the other bands. Here is an SDSS image overlaid with WISE's 22μ band contours (in lime):

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Belated thanks to Hannah Newman (private communication) for alerting me to the fact that there's a radio source in this galaxy (it's an NVSS source).

The image in this post was created from sources, and using methods, described in this RGZ Talk post. The object at the center of the image is SDSS J031800.39+114631.6.

Posted October 24, 2014 8:12 PM

by Budgieye moderator

star formation or voorwerpje?

http://talk.galaxyzoo.org/#/subjects/AGZ0005vuf

Posted October 25, 2014 10:27 AM

by Budgieye moderator in response to JeanTate's comment.

So the blue "jet" is something real?

Posted October 25, 2014 10:28 AM

by JeanTate in response to Budgieye's comment.

Yes, or at least the white spot closest to the (yellow) nucleus, approximately here (49.4992, 11.7752)*:

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*interestingly, it's not a separate SDSS photometric object, those are circled in blue:

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Posted October 25, 2014 3:22 PM

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AGZ0004fxb

Polar ring or something else?

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Posted November 3, 2014 5:48 PM

by planetaryscience

Looks like a merger.

Posted November 4, 2014 3:21 AM

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AGZ0002cco

Merger of three galaxies or something else?

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Posted November 4, 2014 5:37 PM

by Capella05 moderator in response to Alpha Aurigae's comment.

Brooke has already commented on the image, so if it was something of interest - it would already be on a list for further study 😃

Posted November 4, 2014 5:59 PM

OK 😃

Posted November 4, 2014 6:10 PM

by vrooje admin, scientist

The inverted image kind of makes me think it's 2 merging galaxies overlapping an edge-on disk not too far in the background. So hard to tell, though.

Posted November 4, 2014 6:42 PM

Probably one of those chance allignments 😃

Posted November 4, 2014 8:06 PM

http://talk.galaxyzoo.org/#/subjects/AGZ00032qb

There is a very faint jetlike feature visible in ngc0596 - AGZ0005qld

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Posted November 13, 2014 8:58 PM

by Budgieye moderator

enter image description here possible collisonal ring? #ring

Posted November 16, 2014 6:57 AM

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AGZ00038z5

Certainly these two (or three) guys (maybe 3 newly formed stars?):

http://talk.galaxyzoo.org/#/boards/BGZ0000005/discussions/DGZ000124l

Posted November 17, 2014 2:12 PM

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AGZ0001xbb

Posted November 18, 2014 1:28 PM

by Budgieye moderator in response to Alpha Aurigae's comment.

A really, really good one! but it has been studied. But I can put an AGZ .....number with it now, Thank you.

http://blog.galaxyzoo.org/2011/11/08/first-look-at-hubbles-first-look-at-the-first-voorwerpje/

enter image description here http://talk.galaxyzoo.org/#/subjects/AGZ0001xbb posted by Alpha Auriga

3.3 AGN-illuminated clouds, voorwerpje http://talk.galaxyzoo.org/#/boards/BGZ0000001/discussions/DGZ0000wrb?page=3&comment_id=53d8b8f5db90c76710000f90

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"Another new SDSS AGN, and new Zoo find for its gas clouds, is
SDSS J220141.64+115124.4 (which I tend to abbreviate to SDSS 2201+11 for my own sanity). "http://blog.galaxyzoo.org/2011/06/08/galaxy-zoo-voorwerpjes-now-with-hubble-data/

Posted November 18, 2014 6:35 PM

by Capella05 moderator in response to Budgieye's comment.

Hey Budgie,

The image was actually originally posted by @vrooje in the 'What this' thread about 2 years ago - same id 😃

Posted November 18, 2014 9:30 PM

by Budgieye moderator

So it was, thank you Capella.

Strange Blue Blob in front of nucleus. It might be a pea, or star-forming area.

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http://www.galaxyzoo.org.s3.amazonaws.com/subjects/standard/1237678846109941878.jpg

Posted November 19, 2014 6:08 AM

http://talk.galaxyzoo.org/#/subjects/AGZ0003heq

Is this an arc, a lens, overlap, or part of the galaxy?

AGZ0007ajg

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Posted November 19, 2014 1:56 PM

by Budgieye moderator

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It is listed in several catalgues as an HI source.

Posted November 25, 2014 5:00 AM

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AGZ0004nqf

An elliptical with spiral arms:

Posted November 30, 2014 10:58 AM

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AGZ0003gv4

The green nebula next to the blue Planetary Nebula:

Posted November 30, 2014 5:57 PM

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AGZ000651u

Bright blue feature next to the galaxy

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Posted December 23, 2014 1:58 PM

by NGC3314 scientist

That one we know something about - it's SDSS 2201+11, one of the Voorwerpjes being looked at closely with a variety of techniques. The data were shown with minimal processing in this blog entry. There will be a proper STScI/ESA image release with better visualization as soon as the paper is accepted (it's now back to the referee after revisions).

Posted December 25, 2014 4:17 PM

by elizabeth_s in response to NGC3314's comment.

Wow way cool thanks 😃

Posted December 26, 2014 12:20 PM

by ElisabethB moderator

Tx Bill ! Looks great. 😄

Posted December 26, 2014 8:52 PM

http://www.galaxyzoo.org.s3.amazonaws.com/subjects/standard/1237666246295224845.jpg

AGZ0002aql

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Posted January 14, 2015 6:54 PM

by Budgieye moderator

star overlaps? AGN?

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Posted February 4, 2015 10:39 AM

by JeanTate

I just spent a pleasant time reading over this thread. Again. 😃

An idea struck me: at least some "more research" can be done by us ordinary zooites, using nothing more than our own computers, freely available software (etc), and our own research 😮

Yes, observations by the Hubble, or IFU spectra from a Keck or VLT; dedicated observations by XMM or Chandra; ... any of these would certainly go a long way to understanding the strange and wonderful objects posted here. But so would running some through GALFIT, or even digging into the papers NED lists for the objects ... if nothing else, such independent research would lay the foundations for work by professionals, and if done well would also help them to decide which to prioritize.

Is this an appropriate thread for a discussion on this? Or would it be more appropriate to start one on each strange and wonderful object?

Posted February 4, 2015 1:59 PM

by Budgieye moderator

Good idea. I think a thread for each item. and link to it. What resources are there? Can we list useful info.

Hubble Space telescope is good, although coverage is spotty. RAIDERS OF THE HUBBLE ARCHIVE http://hubblesite.org/get_involved/hubble_image_processors/ and find images in Hubble Legacy Archive http://hla.stsci.edu/hlaview.html

Posted February 5, 2015 7:33 AM

by Budgieye moderator

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http://talk.galaxyzoo.org/#/subjects/AGZ0005aj8

mentioned in http://arxiv.org/abs/0809.2016v3 but it is one of these big lists

Posted February 6, 2015 6:48 AM

by Budgieye moderator

two very bright stars

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http://skyserver.sdss.org/dr8/en/tools/explore/obj.asp?id=1237654606409433132

Posted February 8, 2015 8:30 AM

http://talk.galaxyzoo.org/#/boards/BGZ0000004/discussions/DGZ00018tq?page=1&comment_id=54d84c1a832cec1a6c00054f

Why is this galaxy irregular? Fly by of another galaxy in the distant past? Or is the bow-shaped feature caused by the speed of the galaxy traveling through the intergalactic medium?

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Posted February 9, 2015 6:56 AM

Seyfert 1 galaxy, Active Galactic Nucleus, starformation

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Posted February 9, 2015 7:42 AM

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AGZ0003z1e

This one might be interesting - voorwerp? ringlike feature?

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Posted February 11, 2015 7:40 PM

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AGZ0004woo

Jetlike feature

http://talk.galaxyzoo.org/#/boards/BGZ0000004/discussions/DGZ000196o

Posted February 12, 2015 3:26 PM

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AGZ0002bo1

http://talk.galaxyzoo.org/#/boards/BGZ0000004/discussions/DGZ000196l?page=1&comment_id=54dccf09832cec09d5000020

Posted February 12, 2015 5:17 PM

by Astro_Max

Not to sure what exactly is happening in this image. Possibly black hole, merger or expansion distrupting the galaxy? Any Ideas, thanks.

Stretched Galaxy?

Posted February 23, 2015 12:34 AM

by Budgieye moderator in response to Astro_Max's comment.

Amazing merger, too bad that star is in the way. There are some references in NED.

http://skyservice.pha.jhu.edu/DR8/ImgCutout/getjpeg.aspx?ra=135.12496965&dec=53.071212&scale=0.1980635&width=512&height=512&opt=&query=

http://talk.galaxyzoo.org/#/subjects/AGZ0001hzt

Posted February 23, 2015 4:10 AM

by Astro_Max in response to Budgieye's comment.

Definately the literal meaning of awesome . Thanks for the links and the quick response. Very helpful.

Posted February 23, 2015 10:49 PM

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AGZ0003zea

"jet"-like feature:

Posted March 10, 2015 9:12 AM

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AGZ0003d1p

Maybe this one?

Posted March 12, 2015 6:59 AM

by dj_tjitso

As per Budieye's request http://talk.galaxyzoo.org/?_ga=1.265579791.1622412097.1425624780#/boards/BGZ0000005/discussions/DGZ0001bgc:

enter image description here AGZ0002azz

I find this one very confusing. My first guess was to classify this as a spiral galaxy, but on second thought I'm not so sure. There seems to be a ring-like halo at an angle that doesn't seem to match up with the angle of the galaxy. It only seems to show up very faint in the R and I wavelength. Or am I just trying too hard 😃

Posted March 16, 2015 1:37 PM

by dj_tjitso

Here's another peculiar one:

enter image description here AGZ0003lwa

Perhaps simply a post merger, but the symetrical shape is quite strange. Almost like a Möbiusring.

Posted March 17, 2015 11:48 AM

http://talk.galaxyzoo.org/?_ga=1.83887897.1284023424.1426578244#/boards/BGZ0000006/discussions/DGZ0001bjx

Here we go again:

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Posted March 17, 2015 8:26 PM

by Budgieye moderator

large white spot near galaxy nucleus

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http://talk.galaxyzoo.org/#/subjects/AGZ0001vbp

Posted March 18, 2015 1:47 AM

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AGZ00035ka

Ram pressure stripping?

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AGZ00035yt

Posted March 20, 2015 8:48 AM

by Budgieye moderator

Possible lens, but need the new Webb telescope to look at this more clearly.

http://talk.galaxyzoo.org/#/subjects/AGZ000879w

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Posted March 29, 2015 11:27 PM

by klmasters scientist, admin in response to Budgieye's comment.

Looks to me like it's near a bright star, so the colours are probably off.

Posted March 31, 2015 9:26 PM

by Auriam

Very strange bicolor object. Either an overlap or something very strange with redshift on one side and blueshift on the other. Or a giant space pill capsule.

http://talk.galaxyzoo.org/#/subjects/AGZ0007zte
http://www.galaxyzoo.org.s3.amazonaws.com/subjects/standard/goods_full_n_14591_standard.jpg enter image description here

Posted April 12, 2015 7:47 AM

I have some more weird examples of enormous color shifts I've seen others too, this just in favorites

purple-green
pink-green
blob

Posted April 12, 2015 8:06 AM

by Budgieye moderator

Hi ramberts The first two look like poorly aligned filters. But could you put an ID on the third?

Posted April 12, 2015 8:57 AM

sure, here is the examine link.
http://www.galaxyzoo.org/#/examine/AGZ00085z6

Posted April 12, 2015 9:15 AM

http://talk.galaxyzoo.org/#/subjects/AGZ00084bx

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Appears to be a merger to me, starforming lines in a knot very odd, 3 galaxies with same specz
http://talk.galaxyzoo.org/#/subjects/AGZ0007yyh

Posted April 14, 2015 10:36 AM

by Budgieye moderator

NED has references about X-rays, so maybe an AGN?

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Posted April 15, 2015 7:26 AM

http://talk.galaxyzoo.org/?_ga=1.247429956.1310713284.1428668940#/subjects/AGZ00083y0

rings1
rings2

http://talk.galaxyzoo.org/?_ga=1.247429956.1310713284.1428668940#/subjects/AGZ00084pa

One has outer starforming or lensy regions on the outside, one has them in the nuclear region. Both have lots of references as AGN.

Posted April 19, 2015 9:32 AM

http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/ex_refcode?refcode=2010A%26A...514A...3P

Lens? Posted by floortap

Interesting! I can't tell size/lens relationship like some can, maybe someone can add more insight.

Posted April 28, 2015 5:05 PM

by ElisabethB moderator in response to ramberts's comment.

Just my two cents : the 'arc' looks too big and too fluffy to be a real gravitational lens. Also the lensing galaxy is a spiral and these are usually not massive enough to do any lensing visible in these images. But I'd be happy to be proven wrong ! 😄

Posted April 28, 2015 8:33 PM

by Budgieye moderator in response to Budgieye's comment.

This white spot has been identified as a star.

Star-galaxy separation by far-infrared color-color diagrams for the AKARI
FIS all-sky survey (bright source catalog version {beta}-1)

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http://skyserver.sdss.org/dr8/en/tools/explore/obj.asp?id=1237655493299666996

Posted August 10, 2015 6:20 AM

by Budgieye moderator

funny blob, an overlap?

http://talk.galaxyzoo.org/#/subjects/AGZ0005ino

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Posted August 11, 2015 5:09 AM

by Budgieye moderator

unexplained red streak, distant galaxy or something else?

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http://talk.galaxyzoo.org/#/subjects/AGZ00051jb

Photoz of streak is 0.347 so much further away than target galaxy with photoz of 0.060, if photoz is correct.

by Budgieye MODERATOR 5 months ago

Posted August 15, 2015 6:56 AM

by Budgieye moderator

Would look good in Hubble image. Two colliding galaxies and an amazing blue star trail which is bright in u (violet) light. Is trail in front of, or behind, the nearly edgeon?

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http://www.galaxyzoo.org.s3.amazonaws.com/subjects/standard/1237662503762329863.jpg

http://talk.galaxyzoo.org/#/subjects/AGZ0002cr2

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http://skyserver.sdss.org/dr8/en/get/specById.asp?id=1602244406134466560

http://skyserver.sdss.org/dr8/en/tools/explore/obj.asp?id=1237662503762329863 z=0.527

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lots of star formation in that arm

in the Forum

http://www.galaxyzooforum.org/index.php?topic=567.msg567427 #msg567427

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Possibly two other galaxies involved?

objID 1237662503762330087
z 0.08
zErr 0.05 huge error

Posted September 3, 2015 7:50 AM

by zutopian

Below image had been posted on page 1 and had been discussed on page 3 of this topic.:
![enter image description here] (http://www.galaxyzoo.org.s3.amazonaws.com/subjects/standard/1237664088598052929.jpg)
AGZ0002ja5

I found following galaxy, where there is a similar linear object.:

http://talk.galaxyzoo.org/#/subjects/AGZ000amdv (DECaLS survey)

Here is the corresponding SDSS image.:

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http://cas.sdss.org/dr9/en/tools/explore/obj.asp?id=1237678617407389942

Posted September 22, 2015 6:20 AM

The Snake, are these 3 merging galaxies + 2 stars? Or all related?
http://imagine.legacysurvey.org/cutouts/?ra=338.0274&dec=-2.2100

Posted October 1, 2015 7:40 PM

by JeanTate in response to Ghost Sheep SWR's comment.

Is this correctly identified as a galaxy? Unlike anything ive seen so far: http://imagine.legacysurvey.org/?ra=149.6212&dec=1.6932&zoom=15&layer=decals-dr1j

Posted October 11, 2015 10:58 AM

Yes, I think so. It looks like an irregular (or perhaps a 'Magellanic spiral, Hubble class Sm), and by its size a fairly close one too. Have you tried using NED (NASA/IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE)? I think it would give you the name of this galaxy, and lots of other details besides! 😃

Happy hunting.

Posted October 11, 2015 12:53 PM

http://talk.galaxyzoo.org/#/subjects/AGZ000au9i

Thank you for the response, still overwhelmed by all the available specialistic information on NED. According to NED the age is appr. 13.203 Gyr (!), this might explain its different shape / structure.

Posted October 11, 2015 5:57 PM

by Budgieye moderator

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Posted December 3, 2015 4:49 PM

http://mnras.oxfordjournals.org/content/403/2/896.full #sec-7

What is the blue object in the central spiral? They both have a spectrum and same z. The blue object spectrum seems to indicate a pea (LCG), or 'just' intens local starforming area?

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DECaLS

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SDSS DR9

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Spiral spectrum

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Blue object spectrum

AGZ000aulf

Posted December 28, 2015 7:37 PM

by Budgieye moderator

No, definitely a pea. The reference below decides that the oxygen nebulae are being heated by a two temperatures of blue stars ( hot ones, and very hot ones).

Starforming (ie. lots of blue stars) would be indicated by a rise in the baseline in 4000-5000, the blue light.

Posted December 29, 2015 5:01 PM

by Ghost_Sheep_SWR in response to Budgieye's comment.

Thank you for the link and especially your summary 😃. If im correct a pea is a galaxy in itself, making this a pea / spiral merger with z= 0.050?

Or is there a possibility the redshift of the pea is messed up due to overlap of the spiral? There doesn't seem to be another galaxy nearby causing the disturbance.

Posted December 29, 2015 8:59 PM

by Budgieye moderator

Peas are small galaxies that have rapid star formation and star death. They are found much further away and back in time z=0.2 I suppose this is a region of the galaxy with pea-like properties and appearance.

You are correct in that there is some overlap, possibly messing up the redshifts. But the hydrogen alpha peak in the nucleus gives the spectral analysis a good handle, and there is little hydrogen alpha peak in the pea. So I think both spectra are correct, and the galaxy and the pea (starforming region) are at the same distance.

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z= 0.050 0.00001 http://skyserver.sdss.org/dr9/en/get/specById.asp?id=1114759421507954688

http://skyserver.sdss.org/dr9/en/tools/explore/obj.asp?id=1237663543680631055

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0.050 0.00001 http://skyserver.sdss.org/dr9/en/get/specById.asp?id=1247606277450786816

http://skyserver.sdss.org/dr9/en/tools/explore/obj.asp?id=1237663543680631053

Posted December 30, 2015 8:24 AM

by planetaryscience

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a possible lens/merger/star trail

Posted December 31, 2015 8:41 PM

by Dolorous_Edd

Can't say what it is, maybe some sort of compact galaxy?

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http://talk.galaxyzoo.org/#/boards/BGZ0000004/discussions/DGZ0001ia4

Posted January 3, 2016 8:35 AM

by bluemagi

Galaxy AGZ000bfou. Unusual color.

Posted January 18, 2016 9:04 PM

by bluemagi

Can't post this Trying it this way. AGZOOOarcy. Edgeon with unusual tipped upper arm.

Posted January 26, 2016 8:26 AM

by Ghost_Sheep_SWR in response to bluemagi's comment.

AGZ000arcy

http://talk.galaxyzoo.org/?_ga=1.244656832.476670387.1443719759#/subjects/AGZ000arcy

http://skyserver.sdss.org/dr9/en/tools/explore/obj.asp?ra=328.8240523198414&dec=11.115762238935291

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DECaLS DR1

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DECaLS DR2

Multiple photometric objects, PhotoZ's useless

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Posted January 27, 2016 12:07 PM

by bluemagi

AGZOOObhcw, faint halo ring.

Posted February 5, 2016 8:17 PM

by Budgieye moderator

There is red in the halo of this galaxy. Possible M82 Look-alike with superwind?

enter image description here DECaLS
SDSS

http://talk.galaxyzoo.org/#/subjects/AGZ000au55

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Red colour is due to hot hydrogen. See peak at 6700,

http://talk.galaxyzoo.org/#/boards/BGZ0000004/discussions/DGZ0001ty5?page=1&comment_id=56b6fa45f724d71b6a00387a

Posted February 7, 2016 8:26 AM

by Budgieye moderator

Red "star" is present in SDSS and absent in DECaLS

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http://skyserver.sdss.org/dr9/en/tools/explore/obj.asp?id=1237656567042671002

http://talk.galaxyzoo.org/#/subjects/AGZ000be4c

Posted February 8, 2016 2:42 PM

When examining DECaLS seems more and more like an SDSS artifact, except with an object source in DECaLS (..) object source input for DECaLS = SDSS??

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DECaLS DR1

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DECaLS DR2

Edit

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SDSS DR9 image from Aladin light, think its safe to conclude artifact?

Posted February 8, 2016 9:06 PM

http://talk.galaxyzoo.org/?_ga=1.244656832.476670387.1443719759#/boards/BGZ0000004/discussions/DGZ0001u7h

What is is the purple object? SDSS says star?

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AGZ000arsk

Posted February 11, 2016 9:42 PM

http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=SDSS+J222421.72-001024.5&QueryType=ned

AGZ000ama6

Referenced as Compact Group of Galaxies, but seems a merger of spiral with red object causing starforming on the left
side.

Red object = ??

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http://skyserver.sdss.org/dr9/en/tools/explore/obj.asp?id=1237663543148675101

enter image description here
DECaLS DR2

http://legacysurvey.org/viewer/jpeg-cutout-decals-dr2/?ra=336.0889&dec=-0.1724&size=512&pixscale=0.07&bands=grz

http://talk.galaxyzoo.org/#/boards/BGZ0000004/discussions/DGZ0001u8c

Posted February 12, 2016 9:26 PM

SDSS DR9
http://skyserver.sdss.org/dr9/en/tools/explore/obj.asp?ra=237.29433493461906&dec=10.052206791010546

AGZ000b50s

Seems like a different type of ring, starforming galaxy. Also referenced as IrS and UvS.

enter image description here DECaLS DR1 normal + processed

enter image description here SDSS DR3 / DR12

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enter image description here DSS image

Small side note: no idea what the strange structure at right is in the DSS image, not in visible light in other surveys

Posted February 21, 2016 6:14 PM

by Budgieye moderator

red tendrils coming out of galaxy in DECaLS

enter image description here

http://talk.galaxyzoo.org/#/subjects/AGZ000au0p

Posted February 23, 2016 5:37 PM

Looks like a faint polar ring?

Would be interesting since the only 'spiral' with a polar ring known to date is NGC 660, so this might double them instantly! 😃 or considered no spiral?

enter image description here

AGZ000b8o9

Posted March 9, 2016 9:58 PM

http://talk.galaxyzoo.org/?_ga=1.244656832.476670387.1443719759#/subjects/AGZ000bfg7

Blue galaxy above center? Looks anomalous

enter image description here

Posted March 18, 2016 10:10 PM

http://talk.galaxyzoo.org/?_ga=1.244656832.476670387.1443719759#/subjects/AGZ000arz8

Red object below center is a foreground star? Looks mirrored with a fainter same type object on the other side of the bulge

enter image description here

Posted March 18, 2016 10:22 PM

by Budgieye moderator in response to Ghost_Sheep_SWR's comment.

polar ring in DECaLS , not much different from SDSS

enter image description here

Posted March 19, 2016 7:18 AM

by Budgieye moderator in response to Ghost_Sheep_SWR's comment.

Something in red in SDSS too. Possible extra peaks in the spectrum.

enter image description here SDSS

http://skyservice.pha.jhu.edu/DR9/ImgCutout/getjpeg.aspx?ra=118.83984303&dec=26.9600909&scale=0.049515875&width=512&height=512&opt=&query=

Posted March 19, 2016 7:23 AM

by Weeshnaw

unusual shape

I was told to put this here? Unusual shape, and when examined further it does not appear to have anything external causing its apparent deformation.
https://www.galaxyzoo.org/#/examine/AGZ000b0kv

Posted April 1, 2016 5:35 AM

by Budgieye moderator

red dust cloud in front of galaxy? but spectrum doesn't show much dust.

enter image description here

https://talk.galaxyzoo.org/#/subjects/AGZ000boo1

http://skyserver.sdss.org/dr9/en/tools/explore/obj.asp?ra=236.542703233577&dec=1.8080521852675169

Posted May 20, 2016 5:12 PM

by Budgieye moderator

2 nucleus and 2 merging spiral galaxies?

http://zooniverse-static.s3.amazonaws.com/www.galaxyzoo.org/subjects/standard/56f3dbdf5925d900420202bd.jpeg

enter image description here

https://talk.galaxyzoo.org/#/subjects/AGZ000ci6q

http://skyserver.sdss.org/dr9/en/tools/explore/obj.asp?ra=231.1113467256704&dec=4.171520011675321

Posted May 20, 2016 5:15 PM

by Budgieye moderator

polar arc around nuclueus

enter image description here

https://talk.galaxyzoo.org/#/subjects/AGZ000cnro

http://skyserver.sdss.org/dr9/en/tools/explore/obj.asp?ra=232.65118745130286&dec=-0.5140298375645475

Posted May 20, 2016 8:47 PM

by Budgieye moderator

Many blue starforming areas.

enter image description here

https://talk.galaxyzoo.org/#/subjects/AGZ000c23f

http://skyserver.sdss.org/dr9/en/tools/explore/obj.asp?ra=151.38316810542975&dec=25.799459323427456

Posted May 21, 2016 5:02 PM

by victor_muteti

is it possible for sdss or any telescope to observe all galaxies in the whole sky to the faintest possible magnitude so as to have information on faint spiral, edge on and ring galaxies?

Posted July 29, 2016 4:40 PM

by JeanTate in response to victor_muteti's comment.

Well, the LSST, when it comes online, will do something like this, and Pan-STARRS is already working (it doesn't go as faint as LSST will).

However, while they'll both reveal the fainter parts of such galaxies, and detect many that are fainter than SDSS did, they will provide only relatively small improvements to resolution (the ability to see fine details). For that, you'd need something like an LSST in space, with the resolution of the Hubble. The planned Euclid mission would get you some way there, but its mirror is nowhere near as big as the LSST's (and is ~half that of the Hubble), and its sky coverage will be "only" 15k square degrees ...

Posted July 30, 2016 2:55 PM

Discussion https://talk.galaxyzoo.org/?_ga=1.244656832.476670387.1443719759#/boards/BGZ0000004/discussions/DGZ000290g?page=1&comment_id=585d065195ad366dc50003ad

AGZ000d8u4

Foreground star? RA Dec 347.32877 13.5792

enter image description here SDSS DR9

Posted December 23, 2016 12:18 PM

by zutopian in response to victor_muteti's comment.

is it possible for sdss or any telescope to observe all galaxies in the whole sky to the faintest possible magnitude so as to have information on faint spiral, edge on and ring galaxies?

Please be informed about following new paper.:

Future Prospects: Deep Imaging of Galaxy Outskirts using Telescopes Large and Small
Roberto Abraham, Pieter van Dokkum, Charlie Conroy, Allison Merritt, Jielai Zhang, Deborah Lokhorst, Shany Danieli, Lamiya Mowla

The Universe is almost totally unexplored at low surface brightness levels. In spite of great progress in the construction of large telescopes and improvements in the sensitivity of detectors, the limiting surface brightness of imaging observations has remained static for about forty years. Recent technical advances have at last begun to erode the barriers preventing progress. In this Chapter we describe the technical challenges to low surface brightness imaging, describe some solutions, and highlight some relevant observations that have been undertaken recently with both large and small telescopes. Our main focus will be on discoveries made with the Dragonfly Telephoto Array (Dragonfly), which is a new telescope concept designed to probe the Universe down to hitherto unprecedented low surface brightness levels. We conclude by arguing that these discoveries are probably only scratching the surface of interesting phenomena that are observable when the Universe is explored at low surface brightness levels.

https://arxiv.org/abs/1612.06415
(Submitted on 19 Dec 2016)

Posted December 23, 2016 1:58 PM

http://legacysurvey.org/viewer?ra=129.6063&dec=30.2866&zoom=16&layer=decals-dr3

Possible unreported gravitational lens

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Discussion https://talk.galaxyzoo.org/?_ga=1.244656832.476670387.1443719759#/boards/BGZ0000001/discussions/DGZ000299n?page=1&comment_id=5861771395ad365d81000ce5

Posted December 28, 2016 12:33 PM

by Budgieye moderator

Dim blue object . planetary remnant?

enter image description here

http://skyserver.sdss.org/dr12/SkyserverWS/ImgCutout/getjpeg?TaskName=Skyserver.Explore.Image&ra=113.259659393664&dec=30.3001398435557&scale=0.2&width=200&height=200&opt=G

http://skyserver.sdss.org/dr12/en/tools/explore/Summary.aspx?id=1237653587402687282

https://talk.galaxyzoo.org/#/boards/BGZ0000004/discussions/DGZ0002a9w?page=1&comment_id=5872a1336e081a5f5a000207

Posted January 9, 2017 7:36 AM

http://skyserver.sdss.org/dr9/en/tools/explore/obj.asp?id=1237671068466742702

AGZ000d2kw

Possible unreported Voorwerpje [EDIT confirmed Voorwerp]

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Discussion: https://talk.galaxyzoo.org/?_ga=1.244656832.476670387.1443719759#/boards/BGZ0000004/discussions/DGZ0002a99

Posted January 9, 2017 10:18 PM

https://talk.galaxyzoo.org/?_ga=1.244656832.476670387.1443719759#/boards/BGZ0000004/discussions/DGZ0002b7q

AGZ000bm8k

Purple object(s) on the right hand side of central galaxy. Huge Voorwerp?

enter image description here

Posted January 23, 2017 12:24 AM

by Budgieye moderator

"If you could choose, which objects would you pick?"

Started 2 years ago by Alpha Aurigae https://talk.galaxyzoo.org/#/boards/BGZ0000002/discussions/DGZ0000zvp

Posted February 6, 2017 9:52 AM

by Budgieye moderator

white nucleus, usually caused by mixture of AGN and starburst.

enter image description here

http://skyserver.sdss.org/dr9/en/tools/explore/obj.asp?ra=48.51226&dec=-7.397296

Posted February 9, 2017 9:17 AM

by Ghost_Sheep_SWR in response to Budgieye's comment.

AGZ000en4l

enter image description here

http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/results/NEDspectra_output_25_page1_details.html #LCSB_S0521O_1

Posted February 9, 2017 10:20 AM

by pocketom

Repost of https://talk.galaxyzoo.org/#/boards/BGZ0000004/discussions/DGZ0002d05

Possibly jet or voorweerp(je) feature companion with likely interaction between both objects. Higher resolution needed.

enter image description here
https://talk.galaxyzoo.org/#/subjects/AGZ000cyth

Posted February 15, 2017 5:05 PM

by barbarossa54

Is the imagin AGZOOd27a relative at #double_dust? thanks

Posted February 18, 2017 1:29 PM

https://zooniverse-static.s3.amazonaws.com/www.galaxyzoo.org/subjects/standard/5857e816d369fd004000b5c1.png

AGZ000dddn

A galaxy with wrong SDSS redshift / star designation due to a faulty spectrum pipeline and all similar found galaxies discussed in the ensuing thread Interesting interaction galaxies.

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Posted February 20, 2017 9:39 PM

by Budgieye moderator

enter image description here

https://talk.galaxyzoo.org/#/boards/BGZ0000004/discussions/DGZ0002koq

Posted July 20, 2017 6:10 AM

by karthikeyan.d

enter image description here

https://www.galaxyzoo.org/#/examine/AGZ000dscd

https://talk.galaxyzoo.org/#/boards/BGZ0000006/discussions/DGZ0002kam

Posted August 4, 2017 3:40 AM

by Budgieye moderator

very odd galaxy, #ring ,pink gas cloud around core,#starburst

by angelikabellinghausen

enter image description here

http://zooniverse-static.s3.amazonaws.com/www.galaxyzoo.org/subjects/standard/56f3e0a05925d9004300ab43.jpeg

https://talk.galaxyzoo.org/#/subjects/AGZ000cw20

http://skyserver.sdss.org/dr9/en/tools/explore/obj.asp?ra=353.5662775725316&dec=19.995214830257588

Posted August 22, 2017 3:49 PM

by CeciliaB

Half blue galaxy.

enter image description here

https://talk.galaxyzoo.org/#/boards/BGZ0000004/discussions/DGZ0002ncn?page=1&

comment_id=59a99d77b9419050000004bc

http://skyserver.sdss.org/dr9/en/tools/explore/obj.asp?ra=10.080292184589831&dec=1.4630590450890195

Posted September 2, 2017 2:32 PM

by Budgieye moderator

Comet Galaxy - a straight line of tidal debris https://talk.galaxyzoo.org/#/boards/BGZ0000004/discussions/DGZ0002p1g

It must have been mentioned before since it is in this publication by Dr Keel. I think it needs more study.

It is in Galaxy Zoo: A Catalog of Overlapping Galaxy Pairs for Dust Studies by Bill Keel http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/ex_refcode?refcode=2013PASP..125....2K

http://skyserver.sdss.org/dr9/en/tools/explore/obj.asp?ra=303.5576351580284&dec=-11.765150848752064

Posted October 2, 2017 6:00 AM

by NGC3314 scientist in response to Alpha_Aurigae's comment.

This is an interesting one - there is an NVSS radio source here, so some chance the narrow blue band might be due to interaction between the galaxy's gas and a radio jet (whether via causing star formation or something like shocked gas emitting the light). (Types note to self to keep in mind for a closer look)

Posted October 6, 2017 9:35 PM

by JeanTate

I don't know is this is in here somewhere; nor do I know what AGZ (or other) ID it may have; centered on (173.0956, 55.9692):

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Three objects in the extended, diffuse yellow cloud have SDSS spectra, SDSS J113223.81+555803.7 0.051 (left), SDSS J113223.20+555802.7 0.052 (center), and SDSS J113222.74+555818.5 0.050 (right):

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As far as I can tell, all three spectra are as normal/boring as 'dead and red' early-type spectra can be.

Posted October 9, 2017 12:59 AM

by Ghost_Sheep_SWR in response to NGC3314's comment.

Was wondering which galaxy was meant here. By pure coincidence (fingers on phone) just found out the 'in response to xxx's comment' is clickable and shows the actual comment X)

Posted October 11, 2017 12:20 PM

by JeanTate in response to Ghost_Sheep_SWR's comment.

So you found the galaxy being referred to, right?

It's AGZ0002ja5, a.k.a. zph 0.037 ± 0.011 SDSS J031800.39+114631.6 (DR8 link), or here (DR14 link)

Posted October 11, 2017 3:14 PM

by Ghost_Sheep_SWR in response to JeanTate's comment.

Yes I did, but thanks!

Just felt a bit stupid for not knowing such a 'basic' forum function and actually go back page-for-page in this thread trying to decipher which one is referred too... And stumbling on the clickable ''response to'' by pure luck (thick fingers) 😉

Posted October 11, 2017 4:34 PM

by Budgieye moderator

Line coming out of core by Rachel23

https://talk.galaxyzoo.org/#/subjects/AGZ000e429

Line coming out of core https://talk.galaxyzoo.org/#/boards/BGZ0000004/discussions/DGZ0002pni?page=1&comment_id=59df0863b94190008e001019

http://skyserver.sdss.org/dr9/en/tools/explore/obj.asp?ra=175.97555356&dec=1.68848445

http://skyserver.sdss.org/dr9/en/tools/explore/obj.asp?id=1237671142555320534

Posted October 12, 2017 7:19 AM

by Budgieye moderator

Extra arms or overlaps?

https://talk.galaxyzoo.org/#/subjects/AGZ000d1ia

http://skyserver.sdss.org/dr9/en/tools/explore/obj.asp?ra=42.22302234557517&dec=28.273539890356215

1237678892823937206

Posted October 12, 2017 11:27 PM

by Budgieye moderator

bright blue and small, it might be a blue pea.

enter image description here

http://skyserver.sdss.org/dr13/en/tools/explore/Summary.aspx?ra=115.59653&dec=16.23564

1237673807578596134

from Um... what? Blue-purple galaxy
by planetaryscience https://talk.galaxyzoo.org/#/boards/BGZ0000004/discussions/DGZ0002q2a

Posted October 27, 2017 8:37 AM

by CeciliaB

Blue object

enter image description here

https://talk.galaxyzoo.org/#/subjects/AGZ000dx0g

http://skyserver.sdss.org/dr9/en/tools/explore/obj.asp?ra=174.34108535&dec=-2.19142195

Posted November 2, 2017 10:01 PM

by Ghost_Sheep_SWR in response to CeciliaB's comment.

Unedited VSTKIDS gri image:

EDIT: single band cutouts, see VSTKIDS images: http://cutout.icrar.org/tmp/15096982154748/index_temp.php

Posted November 2, 2017 11:12 PM

by Astro_Denny

https://talk.galaxyzoo.org/#/subjects/AGZ000e5zt

enter image description here .

It seems to be a starforming edge-on galaxy with a tidal trail...but no other interacting galaxy in the direction of the tida trail.

Posted November 3, 2017 4:21 PM

by RichardHB

Hello.

This blue object on the right, what could it be? (RA, Dec 11:51:12.41, -03:04:46.37).

http://skyserver.sdss.org/dr14/en/tools/explore/Summary.aspx?id=1237650369944092957

In help forum we have doubts about this object.

Thanks.

Best regards.

Richard.

Posted November 20, 2017 3:12 AM

by jq2uoz

https://talk.galaxyzoo.org/#/subjects/AGZ000e6sa

https://talk.galaxyzoo.org/#/boards/BGZ0000004/discussions/DGZ0002t0m

http://legacysurvey.org/viewer?ra=214.8594&dec=1.6579&zoom=15&layer=decals-dr5

enter image description here

The enlarged image of the upper part: AGZ000ejd0

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It seems similar to AGZ000e5fu, AGZ000dxf6 and AGZ000eio8.

AGZ000e5fu

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https://talk.galaxyzoo.org/#/boards/BGZ0000004/discussions/DGZ0002poz

AGZ000dxf6

enter image description here

https://talk.galaxyzoo.org/#/boards/BGZ0000004/discussions/DGZ0002koq

AGZ000eio8

enter image description here

Its entire image:

http://legacysurvey.org/viewer?ra=222.5350&dec=1.8663&zoom=15&layer=decals-dr5

Posted December 2, 2017 9:44 AM

by c_cld

finding valuable candidates of edge-on disk lens arXiv:1001.4336v2

looking for a candidate similar to SL2SJ022533−042414 proposing SDSS J142206.79-010008.7 for more research

1237674604291096800

This object is seen on the CFHT Legacy Survey in r-band and also in GAMA survey

AGZ000e8sr

CATAID: 544427 G544427 [RA 215.5283, Dec -1.0024]

CATAID: 544427 G544427_VIKING_K_VSTKIDS_i_VSTKIDS_r

Posted December 8, 2017 3:26 PM

by Space1000

Why does this galaxy have a weird streamer of dust/gas?

AGZ000edxf

Posted December 15, 2017 12:48 AM

by Space1000

RichardHB potential voorwerp?

Posted December 15, 2017 1:00 AM

by c_cld

SDSS J142630.34+011216.4 1237651735236116735 ra, dec 216.626427584, 1.204575263

photoZ 0.197 ± 0.0342

GAMAJ142630.34+011216.4 CATAID = 228236 http://www.gama-survey.org/dr2/tools/sov.php?specid=G15_Y1_DN1_007

z 0.81152

1237651735236116735

G15_Y1_DN1_007

What explanation do you think of for this spectrum, in particular about peak annotated [OII] at odds with SDSS optical image or GAMA Panchromatic Swarp Imager?

Posted December 16, 2017 9:51 AM

by Budgieye moderator

Long tidal trails and possible merger.

enter image description here

https://talk.galaxyzoo.org/#/subjects/AGZ000eal3

http://skyserver.sdss62617856.org/dr9/en/tools/explore/obj.asp?ra=216.21706695&dec=0.13908873

enter image description here

http://legacysurvey.org/viewer?ra=216.2169&dec=0.1390&zoom=16&layer=decals-dr2

no results found in Hubble site

http://hla.stsci.edu/hlaview.html #Inventory|filterText%3D%24filterTypes%3D|query_string=216.21705169%2C0.13908656&posfilename=&poslocalname=&posfilecount=&listdelimiter=whitespace&listformat=degrees&RA=216.217052&Dec=0.139087&Radius=0.200000&inst-control=all&inst=ACS&inst=ACSGrism&inst=WFC3&inst=WFPC2&inst=NICMOS&inst=NICGRISM&inst=COS&inst=WFPC2-PC&inst=STIS&inst=FOS&inst=GHRS&imagetype=best&prop_id=&spectral_elt=&proprietary=both&preview=1&output_size=256&cutout_size=12.8|ra=&dec=&sr=&level=&image=&inst=ACS%2CACSGrism%2CWFC3%2CWFPC2%2CNICMOS%2CNICGRISM%2CCOS%2CWFPC2-PC%2CSTIS%2CFOS%2CGHRS&ds=

Posted December 17, 2017 7:36 AM

by Budgieye moderator in response to c_cld's comment.

C_cld's post: The spectrum looks more like a broad line quasar at z-0.93 ?

Posted December 17, 2017 6:43 AM

by JeanTate in response to c_cld's comment.

I think a redshift of ~0.34 is consistent with both the spectrum and the SDSS colors.

In particular, the broad emission feature at ~6760 may be unresolved H-beta and [OIII], with the emission at the red end (almost 9000) H-alpha plus [NII]. Also, the narrow emission line at ~5030, if real, would be [OII]

Posted December 17, 2017 2:50 PM

by Budgieye moderator

an amazing collection of starforming areas

enter image description here

https://talk.galaxyzoo.org/#/subjects/AGZ000ee8z

http://skyserver.sdss.org/dr9/en/tools/explore/obj.asp?ra=214.0650715&dec=-1.46462571

Posted December 21, 2017 9:13 PM

https://www.galaxyzoo.org/#/examine/AGZ000e82u

Posted December 22, 2017 6:51 PM

https://talk.galaxyzoo.org/?&_ga=2.866676.475080755.1513981514-335273267.1513981514#/boards/BGZ0000004/discussions/DGZ0002u5x

is this an arc?

Posted December 22, 2017 7:06 PM

by Abe_Hoekstra

Flagged by wouterretuow

enter image description here

Posted December 23, 2017 10:05 PM

by jq2uoz

Interesting colour and probable multi-merging

https://talk.galaxyzoo.org/#/subjects/AGZ000eamk

https://talk.galaxyzoo.org/#/boards/BGZ0000005/discussions/DGZ0002u4z

AGZ000eamn

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AGZ000eamn

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Posted December 24, 2017 6:24 AM

an unlikely spot for a starburst:
https://zooniverse-static.s3.amazonaws.com/www.galaxyzoo.org/subjects/standard/58580db3d369fd0040006d73.png
enter image description here

Posted January 3, 2018 5:23 PM

by Ghost_Sheep_SWR in response to wouterretuow's comment.

Object or Star is missing in AGZ000ec0q and SDSS compared to DECaLS DR5:
enter image description here compare to
http://legacysurvey.org/viewer?ra=219.08061&dec=-0.70226&zoom=16&layer=decals-dr5
DECaLS shows 2 smaller objects at 09:00, SDSS and here : only one. The lower red one is gone.

Posted January 6, 2018 6:43 PM

Looks like it is visible in the VIKING images, so I think it is just a little bit too faint / red (IR) for SDSS, and perhaps also VSTKIDS (but GZ subject images are also only 2-coloured eg made from only 2 bands);

http://gama-psi.icrar.org/tmp/15153376948458/index_temp.php

Also if you want to try and find out more about this or other objects you can try the methods described here; https://talk.galaxyzoo.org/?_ga=1.191070186.1751955194.1484309494#/boards/BGZ0000007/discussions/DGZ0002gsd

And if you think it is a supernova you could post it in the 'Unreported supernovae' thread.

Posted January 7, 2018 3:19 PM

by nat395837

is this a 4 galaxy merger or just 4 galaxies, btw top left has arm

Posted January 11, 2018 9:47 AM

Thread https://talk.galaxyzoo.org/?_ga=1.244656832.476670387.1443719759#/boards/BGZ0000004/discussions/DGZ0002v0x?page=1&comment_id=5a5c66fbb941901762000be8

AGZ000ectm

SDSS and DECaLs DR5 images

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http://skyserver.sdss.org/dr9/en/tools/explore/obj.asp?id=1237655693548781624

enter image description here

http://www.gama-survey.org/dr2/tools/sov.php

Posted January 15, 2018 11:18 AM

by Rick_Nowell

When the ADS search is queried, 10 references appear. I can't say for certain whether 1237...1624 is in every one but it seems likely.

It has been in the Véron-Cetty & Veron "Catalogue of quasars and active nuclei: 12 & 13th editions" (2006 and 2010).

It also has a reference for the "The WiggleZ Dark Energy Survey: survey design and first data release" (2010).

It has a SDSS DR2 (2002-2004) link and is included in "The Sloan Digital Sky Survey quasar catalog: tenth data release" (2014).

1624_query

http://cas.sdss.org/dr2/en/tools/explore/obj.asp?id=587729972323876932

Can't find it on the GZForum although I think I remember it there... Hope that helps.

Posted January 15, 2018 9:53 PM

by Rick_Nowell in response to wouterretuow's comment.

Hmm I rarely check ADS, usually rely on NED/SIMBAD/VIZIER, which is also a bit strange that most of the ADS references aren’t in there. Perhaps this object isn’t in them, but haven’t figured out how ADS assembles these references or why it gets different results from those other resources.

Seems like its really at z=~0.03, extreme starburst or emission line galaxy. Otherwise following ADS it would be a bright nearby quasar at z=~0.03? Ha usually indicates an active nucleus IIRC?

Thanks for checking, too bad you didn’t find it on the old forum.

Posted January 15, 2018 10:43 PM

Merge/lens?

https://www.galaxyzoo.org/#/examine/AGZ000e82u

The pair of galaxies are in the 'Merging Galaxies in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Early Data Release (2004)' as Object id 3325.

https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0312214

Maybe the arc is a result of one galaxy ploughing into another, producing an area like a shockwave, which becomes a point of new star formation. It reminds me of the Teacup galaxy, but without a voorwerp. Would a lens be so bright? More red? The Teacup is a type of galaxy called 'Shell galaxies'.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxy #Shell_galaxy

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/The_Teacup_Galaxy_SDSS_1430.jpg/240px-The_Teacup_Galaxy_SDSS_1430.jpg

Shell Galaxies in Pisces - https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap110226.html (amazing image!)

Posted January 18, 2018 4:29 PM

by Abe_Hoekstra

Pinkish object in a galaxy. Can only be seen in DR 8 and onwards. Also in the SDSS images on Decals.
Glitch? Supernova? Transient?

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https://talk.galaxyzoo.org/#/boards/BGZ0000004/discussions/DGZ0002v91?page=1&comment_id=5a644f0db94190533c00198b

SDSS images Decals

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GAMA image

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Posted January 21, 2018 9:47 AM

https://talk.galaxyzoo.org/?_ga=1.244656832.476670387.1443719759#/boards/BGZ0000004/discussions/DGZ0002v91?page=1&comment_id=5a644f0db94190533c00198b

Perhaps it is better to keep discussions of objects in their own threads instead of this general thread that’s aimed at only collecting them?

Posted January 21, 2018 11:34 AM

https://talk.galaxyzoo.org/#/boards/BGZ0000004/discussions/DGZ0002u3y

As suggested by Budgieye, AGZ000eh0c shows and old elliptical, z=0.12957, with an object at 01:00 that looks like a yellow starburst, it isn't well resolved in DECaLS, but it's there (as blue in the residuals), too close for a random spot.
Discussion at https://talk.galaxyzoo.org/#/boards/BGZ0000004/discussions/DGZ0002v6x.

Posted January 27, 2018 4:08 PM

by Budgieye moderator

posted by wouterretuow

Pink area in SDSS https://talk.galaxyzoo.org/#/boards/BGZ0000004/discussions/DGZ0002u3y

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Pink area is same z as galaxy, so likely part of the galaxy

http://skyserver.sdss.org/dr9/en/tools/explore/obj.asp?ra=216.37005136&dec=-0.02294891

1237648721246683363

SDSS J142528.81-00

http://skyserver.sdss.org/dr9/en/tools/explore/obj.asp?id=1237648721246683364

objID 1237648721246683364

z 0.072224 zErr 0.014396

Posted January 28, 2018 1:43 PM

by Budgieye moderator

https://talk.galaxyzoo.org/#/subjects/AGZ000ed91

How will you classify this one? by Smofe https://talk.galaxyzoo.org/#/boards/BGZ0000005/discussions/DGZ0002vic?page=1&comment_id=5a6ee114b941906f99000719

This is a tricky one. It might be simple, or it may be a complicated mixture of various things. If many people classify different ways, it means that the galaxy is difficult, and so it must be interesting.

I will put in

Objects that need more research https://talk.galaxyzoo.org/#/boards/BGZ0000004/discussions/DGZ0000ycq

The yellow colour is unusual

http://skyservice.pha.jhu.edu/DR9/ImgCutout/getjpeg.aspx?ra=217.7290124&dec=-1.5273846&scale=0.049515875&width=512&height=512&opt=&query=

http://skyserver.sdss.org/dr9/en/tools/explore/obj.asp?ra=217.72901119&dec=-1.5273841

The hydrogen beta peak must mean that something is quite hot there.

http://legacysurvey.org/viewer?ra=217.7288&dec=-1.5275&zoom=16&layer=decals-dr5

Posted January 29, 2018 1:17 PM

by Abe_Hoekstra

Features at 1.30 and 7.30 inside the galaxy. Jets? Background galaxy at 1.30?

AGZ000ej0z

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SDSS Skyserver

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There may be some hints of tidal trails:

http://legacysurvey.org/viewer?ra=215.1335&dec=2.0643&zoom=16&layer=decals-dr5

Posted January 30, 2018 8:52 PM

by c_cld

Merger with possible ionized clouds SDSS J160933.40+283058.4

1237662620262727892 paired with 1237662620262727893 AGN broadline z 0.170

at 9 and 1: hints of arcs

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Posted February 9, 2018 5:25 PM

by c_cld

SDSS J090838.78+324620.2 QSO starburst

green ionized disk in SDSS but blue and orange in Decals?

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SDSS 1237661384379793461 DR5 decals-dr5

Posted February 9, 2018 5:38 PM

by c_cld

SDSS J122939.27+250819.5 1237667911667941481 z 0.056

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possible lensed galaxy accross edgeon in east and blue cloud in south

Posted February 9, 2018 5:45 PM

by c_cld

SDSS J084905.51+111447.2 1237671124833206352 and 1237671124833206353

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Posted February 9, 2018 6:33 PM

by CeciliaB

Blue patches on either side of the nucleus in an interacting AGN pair.

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https://talk.galaxyzoo.org/#/boards/BGZ0000001/discussions/DGZ0002fh4?page=1&comment_id=5a7de14db941905b2d0001aa

http://skyserver.sdss.org/dr9/en/tools/explore/obj.asp?ra=208.111052921&dec=14.490977290

SDSS J135226.65+142927.5 ObjID 1237664291548823600

Posted February 10, 2018 2:38 PM