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• by ehrns

  Hi, I am new and this is my first attempt.
  My question is, does the given picture include a galaxy? Looks more like a super nova?
  If no, please explain what the remarkable details are.

  Cheers

  Posted June 22, 2017 9:36 AM

• by zoob1172

  #badsim Simulated galaxy from Illustris http://www.illustris-project.org/ the site has information about the project

  Posted June 22, 2017 9:39 AM

• by ElisabethB moderator in response to ehrns's comment.

  Hi ehrns and welcome to the Zoo.

  This is, as zoob1172 says, a simulated galaxy from the Illustris data set. In these images the bluish/white patches signify star forming areas in the galaxy. And these simulated galaxies produce quite a lot of ring structures (no idea why ! )

  Hope this helps and happy hunting ! 😄

  Posted June 22, 2017 6:31 PM