Strange irregularity
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by AngusGeorge
There seems to be a strange irregularity that I can't resolve to myself. Does anyone have an explanation for the smug like image in the lesser object.
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by vrooje admin, scientist
Looks like these galaxies are interacting and the "smudge" is a disturbed tail produced by the interaction.
If you click on the "Galaxy Zoo examine" link and then "View on SkyServer", you can see what this galaxy looks like combining multiple wavelengths into a colour image:
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by ElisabethB moderator
What a gorgeous #merger ! Even the single band image gives us these disturbances, so definitely a merger.
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