Galaxy Zoo Talk

NGC 5907 - Loops

  • Alpha_Aurigae by Alpha_Aurigae

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    " Grand tidal streams of stars seem to surround galaxy NGC 5907. The arcing structures form tenuous loops extending more than 150,000 light-years from the narrow, edge-on spiral, also known as the Splinter or Knife Edge Galaxy ".

    http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap080619.html

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