Galaxy Zoo Talk

Merging?

  • Northernblogosphere by Northernblogosphere

    Is this two galaxies merging? I tried to see if there was any sign of gravitational distortion between the central galaxy and what to appears to be a much smaller galaxy down and to the left. Hard to say.

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator

    Just by looking at the galaxies in question, I would say no. There are no visible signs of interaction, and neither galaxy looks particularly disturbed.

    Looking on SkyServer only the central galaxy has a spectrograph associated with it, so we cannot accurately determine how far away both of the galaxies are from us, and therefore from each other.

    Hope this helps 😃

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