Galaxy Zoo Talk

Spiral Arms

  • sdan8 by sdan8

    You can vaguely see 2 spiral arm patterns going vertically in the large center galaxy

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  • Keiyentai by Keiyentai

    I can see it as well. Did you invert it and see if the object above it was merging or is it just a potentially bright/close star/galaxy overlay.

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  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator

    Hi Keiyentai and welcome to the Zoo

    The round white object in the centre of the image is a foreground star from our galaxy. So no merger going on with the spiral galaxy.

    Happy hunting !

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