Galaxy Zoo Talk

Overlapping Celestial Bodies

  • Spaceman_Sam by Spaceman_Sam

    Would someone agree that the image reveals a smaller star/galaxy overlapping or merging with the larger disk-shaped galaxy that's positioned at the center of the image? This is the first occurrence in which I've seen this happen.

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

    Hi Spaceman_Sam and welcome to the Zoo

    See my comment to the left : the small round object at the bottom of the central object is a foreground star from our galaxy, so it cannot in any way be merging with the central galaxy !

    Happy hunting !

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