Clustered galaxy

• by hpardikar

  Lots of large clusters seen

  Posted April 16, 2016 6:18 PM

• by JeanTate in response to hpardikar's comment.

  Welcome to Galaxy Zoo, hpardikar!

  Yep, it's a spiral galaxy with prominent star-formation regions in its arms. Here's what it looks like in SDSS, where the colors are more exaggerated; the purple-blue parts are star-formation regions (each may contain several separate 'open' star clusters):

  

  Hope this helps, and happy hunting! 😃

  Posted April 17, 2016 2:58 PM