merging galaxies to the bottom right of the main galaxy pictured

• by Melanie_Milsted

  It appears to be a spiral galaxy
  There also appears to be two much smaller galaxies in the bottom right corner of the picture that look like they are merging (orange in colour).

  Posted March 22, 2016 4:07 PM

• by Rick_Nowell

  If the image is looked at using SDSS and then, using 'Navigate', centered on the top of the two smaller objects, it's classified and looks like a star. Is this what you're seeing?

  http://skyserver.sdss.org/dr9/en/tools/explore/obj.asp?id=1237663275774705877

  

  Posted March 22, 2016 5:14 PM