Strong ionization lines, appears tidally disrupted.
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tcs3475
This object has strong emission lines [OIII], Ha, and a strong [OII] line. Could it be due to an obscured active nucleus? There doesnt appear to be a very bright source.
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Budgieye
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The emission lines are actually quite weak. Look at the y-axis, and see how low the numbers are.
Here is an example of very strong emission line
Nice examples in this chart
Astrophysics for Galaxy Zoo Talk Galaxy Redshift Chart for SDSS https://talk.galaxyzoo.org/#/boards/BGZ0000001/discussions/DGZ0000ulp?page=2
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Budgieye
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The disturbed arm may be the result of a merger. There is a small galaxy near it at 7 oclock. I don't see any other obvious galaxies nearby.
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mlpeck
in response to Budgieye's comment.
The emission line ratios [N II]/Hα and [O III]/Hβ are consistent with a star forming galaxy. The nearby (on the sky) galaxy is at much larger redshift (z = 0.081) so it can't be responsible for any apparent disturbed features. According to estimates on the object explorer page it has roughly the same size and stellar mass as the Large Magellanic Cloud, and I'd guess it probably resembles it.
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