Clustered galaxy
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by hpardikar
Lots of large clusters seen
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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! 😃
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