What is Dis?
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Is this a wayward star blown into a bow-tie by the nearby massive galaxy? If galaxy, has anyone seen a pinched-in-the-middle one before? I haven't.
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by Budgieye moderator
Excellent find. It is indeed a #bowtie or an #X-shaped galaxy
Bow Tie galaxies https://talk.galaxyzoo.org/#/boards/BGZ0000001/discussions/DGZ10068xt
It is probably the result of a merger between two spiral galaxies, and there are still two axes of rotation.
https://talk.galaxyzoo.org/#/boards/BGZ0000001/discussions/DGZ10068xt
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