Galaxy Zoo Talk

Merging galaxies?

  • kalspaugh by kalspaugh

    Is this three or four galaxies merging? The bottom left cluster looks like it could be two galaxies almost merged.

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  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator

    The central galaxy appears to be interacting with the galaxy at 8 o'clock. The round object at 12 o'clock and the red one are foreground stars from our galaxy.

    Hope this helps.

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  • siliconbayou by siliconbayou

    Interestingly there appear to be tidal tails (debris) not only bridging the three interacting galaxies but the up and lower galaxies show tails on the opposite sides also.

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  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator

    The round object at the top is not a galaxy but a forground star fom our galaxy. Only two galaxies interacting here ! And there is a lot of noise in this image !

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