Spiral or eliptical

• by edwarddewolf

  Is this a small spiral with a huge bar in the middle or an elliptical with blue gas clouds spread around it?

  Posted August 11, 2017 12:22 PM

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

  Hi edwarddewolf and welcome to the Zoo

  This is actually a simulated galaxy from the Illustris dataset.
  
  See here for more information : https://blog.galaxyzoo.org/2015/09/21/new-images-for-galaxy-zoo-part-2-illustris/
  
  And blue smudges in these simulated galaxies mean star forming regions in the galaxy.
  
  As for the classification : you could go for a disturbed barred spiral.

  Hope this helps and happy hunting !

  Posted August 11, 2017 1:39 PM