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