Blue features
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I know this one has been tagged Polar Ring many times over, am I really the only one that can't find a ring in there? It's obvious a disturbed galaxy so the features are likely some sort of starforming tidal debris or the remnants of a smaller galaxy.
But to me it looks like the two features form a line exactly aligned perpendicular through the nucleus. Seen from above it would look like an X or a cross.
Could they be some form of Voorwerp like features? The colour is obviously not the usual deep blue but I wouldn't expect every Voorwerp in existence to be exact same colour.
Besides that it is a (disturbed) Seyfert galaxy and a radio source.
Any thoughts?
http://skyserver.sdss.org/dr9/en/tools/explore/obj.asp?ra=39.60608019855331&dec=1.9688786251298263
http://legacysurvey.org/viewer?ra=39.6061&dec=1.9689&zoom=16&layer=decals-dr3Posted
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Budgieye
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Would you be happier calling it an overlap? It would take MaNGA to do a proper analysis, but you could look up the Photozs.
Hmmm, not many points to look at.
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Ah well nevermind, too little information too conclude anything, it's probably just a matter of perspective. There is no arc (part of circle) visible and the blue features are not visibly connected so I was wondering why others would call it a (polar) ring.
It could be one (ring) object below / behind the central galaxy as well as two different features extending on both sides of the central part of the galaxy, one away and the other towards us.
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