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  • mcd525 by mcd525

    Merging?

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  • Budgieye by Budgieye moderator

    I think overlap . It is clearer in the viewer. This may be useful for research. Overlapping galaxies are useful for research, because the composition of the nearer galaxy can be determined as it absorbs light from the more distant galaxy.

    2.3 Overlapping galaxies http://talk.galaxyzoo.org/#/boards/BGZ0000001/discussions/DGZ0000wrb?page=2&comment_id=53d8b8250d43f776b000107d

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    SDSS

    I gave a quick look trying to find the redshift of the blue galaxy, but the data is a bit mixed up since the galaxies are so close.

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