Is this a small jet going up from the center?

• by russfrizzell

  Why is galactic central jet not one of the options to choose for irregular features?
  Sincerely,
  Russ Frizzell

  Posted January 23, 2015 11:54 PM

• by Budgieye moderator

  Relativistic jets are small features, they would be less than a pixel wide in these images. They can only be seen in 5 of the “nearer” galaxies. see3.6 Relativistic jets http://talk.galaxyzoo.org/#/boards/BGZ0000001/discussions/DGZ0000wrb?page=3&comment_id=53d8b92adb90c76710000f9

  If a jet hit something, there would be bright colours produced. There are bright colours here, but I think some of the colours are an artifact of compression and transmission, because they are not so obvious in the original.

  It is an interesting galaxy. Maybe it is #ringed?

  

  

  http://skyserver.sdss3.org/dr8/en/tools/chart/chart.asp?ra=27.93474282&dec=-5.85806716

  The galaxy was on the edge of several fields. Maybe that accounts for the poor balance of colours?

  Posted January 24, 2015 3:47 AM