Would this starburst galaxy evolve into a blue elliptical?
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Budgieye
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"Current thinking is that most if not all elliptical galaxies may be the result of a long process where two or more galaxies of comparable mass, of any type, collide and merge." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliptical_galaxy
I can't see spiral arms clearly, yet there are lots of blue star-forming areas. Might this be on its way to becoming a blue elliptical? and from there to be a white, then a red elliptical?
Since there seems to be nothing in front of the nucleus, it is still a disk galaxy?
Background info here 1.10 Dust, red spirals, blue ellipticals, quenching http://talk.galaxyzoo.org/#/boards/BGZ0000001/discussions/DGZ0000wrb?page=1&comment_id=53d8b7e9db90c76710000f80
some blue ellipticals?
blue elliptical?http://talk.galaxyzoo.org/#/subjects/AGZ0003l13
blue elliptical?http://talk.galaxyzoo.org/#/subjects/AGZ000160e
ellipticalhttp://talk.galaxyzoo.org/#/subjects/AGZ0002d24
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