Galaxy Zoo Talk

Double structure

  • Couchpotato by Couchpotato

    I wonder is the doubled image at the centre of this plate a gravitational lensed artifact? any thoughts

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

    Hi and welcome to the Zoo @Couchpotato 😃

    I can think of two possibilities for the central 'galaxy' - it is either 2 galaxies that are in the process of merging or it is a single galaxy that is being 'separated' by a dustlane and viewing it from our perspective, makes it appear to be two individual galaxies 😃

    I am more likely to go with merger, as the intensity of the two objects appear slightly different when viewing in the different filters.

    As for gravitational lensing - definitely not 😃

    Hope this helps and happy hunting!

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