Galaxy Zoo Talk

Lens?

  • davidportwain by davidportwain

    lens or parallax superposition with the larger galaxy?

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator in response to davidportwain's comment.

    Hi and welcome David 😃

    Having looked at the bigger picture I am going to go with no lensing.The galaxy is starting to interact with the galaxy on the left, so it is understandable that the dust lane is getting a bit disturbed! The white object is a foreground star, so it is only by line of sight that it looks like it is connected.

    The SkyServer images below are roated.

    SkyServer Image - rotated

    If we look at the inverted image you can see the star / tidal tails forming.

    enter image description here

    Hope this helps and happy hunting!

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