Asymetric Galaxy
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hpardikar
The galaxy has interesting shape .In the upper left corner either there is a merging galaxy distorted due to the gravity of the main galaxy or there is some material shooting out . In the right bottom corner it appears that a small portion of galaxy separated from main galaxy
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ElisabethB
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Hi hpardikar and welcome to Galaxy Zoo
The 'spike' top left is probably another galaxy (a spiral or disk seen edge on) overlapping the central galaxy. The object bottom right is probably a foreground star from our galaxy.
Happy hunting! 😄
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