Galaxy Zoo Talk

Curved edge of Galaxy

  • hpardikar by hpardikar

    Top edge of the galaxy looks curved is that photographic distortion or some actual phenomenon ?
    The bottom edge is stretched apparently due to gravity of a small galaxy at far bottom .
    The curved edge is interesting

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  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator

    I'd go for disturbed spiral or disk edge on galaxy. But just from this image it is not possible to tell what the central galaxy is interacting with.

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