What is this?
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by MeltedClowns
A ultra colorful misshapen galaxy? A camera color artifact? Is there any known information about this object?
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by Budgieye moderator
Welcome, MeltedClowns. It looks misshapen because we are seeing it almost edge-on. The red center is where old red stars are, and the young blue stars are in the spiral arms on the outside. There is a spectrum, so someone has taken some interest.
It looks similar to this galaxy spectrum
some info
Galaxy Redshift Chart https://talk.galaxyzoo.org/#/boards/BGZ0000007/discussions/DGZ0000ulp?page=2
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