Galaxy Zoo Talk

Possibly disturbed galaxy?

  • Astro_Denny by Astro_Denny

    Hello! I came across this image, and the object at 9 oclock seems quite strange. It looks like an overlap. I tend to think it could be a very disturbed galaxy (althought it could be a collisional ring too?!). Unfortunately I didnt find any information on the object. What do you think about it?

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  • mlpeck by mlpeck

    The triangular shaped galaxy has an SDSS spectrum and it's at the same redshift as the one in the center, so yes the pair are interacting:

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  • Astro_Denny by Astro_Denny

    @mlpeck Thanks a lot ! When I classified the galaxy, I didn´t get any ingormation about the triangular object in the SDSS...I don't know if I did something wrong or something; I only got redshift for the galaxy in the center...noresdhift or spectrum for the strange object. Anyway even if that triangular object seems to interact with the galaxy, the latter looks quite undisturbed...

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