Two bulges in one galaxy

• by bogrick

  Is this just one boxy central bulge split with a dust lane or are there two bulges in this galaxy ?

  Posted September 6, 2015 12:25 PM

• by Capella05 moderator

  Boxy buldges are only clearly visible in edge on galaxies - this galaxy is an elliptical or smooth galaxy. I can see what you mean by two bulges, but we would really need a higher resolution image to tell for sure.

  Posted September 6, 2015 2:30 PM

• by bogrick

  Using skyserver and inverting image clearly shows two distinct objects, or even just using Galaxy Zoo examine and looking at the raw data especially i and z.

  Posted September 6, 2015 3:35 PM

• by JeanTate in response to bogrick's comment.

  overlap? Elliptical-elliptical overlaps are not rare near the centers of rich clusters of galaxies ...

  Posted September 6, 2015 5:11 PM

• by bogrick

  Probably is just overlap as I would have expected to see allot more tidal disruption to the surrounding star field. It would have been nice to find two nuclei orbiting each other though.

  Posted September 6, 2015 5:33 PM