Rectangle Shaped Galaxy
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by Julian2002D
I saw this galaxy. I don't know why it is as boxy as it is. I have never seen anything like this.
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by JeanTate in response to Julian2002D's comment.
It's an Illustris sim, not a real galaxy.
Finding and characterizing obvious differences like this, between the sims and real galaxies, is one of the main goals of this phase of GZ (as I understand it).
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by KWillett scientist, admin, translator
Yep! Sharp corners like this are one of the major features that stand out to me as not resembling most galaxies in the real Universe.
The Red Rectangle nebula (which is totally real) has always been one of my favorite objects, even though it's not a galaxy.
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by ElisabethB moderator
Did you ever see this one ? 😄
From the GZ forum http://www.galaxyzooforum.org/index.php?topic=280221.msg608191#msg608191
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by KWillett scientist, admin, translator
I hadn't seen that one before. Wow!
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