Galaxy Zoo Talk

What is this galaxy?

  • jjjackson116 by jjjackson116

    What is this? The central band appears to be blocked by dust clouds, as one would see looking towards the center of milky way. So could this be part of a spiral galaxy viewed edge on?

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  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator

    Hi jjjackson116 and welcome to the Zoo

    Here's the recentered and rotated image :

    enter image description here

    Both galaxies are heavily distorted, so #merger in progress.

    The blue galaxy could very well be a spiral or disk seen edge on and it has a lovely dustlane

    Happy hunting ! 😄

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