What is Dis?

• by sharadpednekar

  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.

  Posted September 25, 2017 6:19 AM

• 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

  Posted September 25, 2017 6:50 AM