Thoughts on this galaxy

• by ss83457

  I was just curious what the community's thoughts on this particular image were, especially along the lines of our viewpoint of the galaxy, details we can ascertain from this image, and the potential for any irregularities in this galaxy that we might not be able to view (based on this limited view).

  Posted November 27, 2017 8:55 PM

• by Budgieye moderator

  'Welcome, ss83457 It is an interesting nearly edge-on galaxy. Its black hole is actively eating stars, as shown in the spectral chart.

  There is info on Galaxy Zoo examine and Skyserver

  http://skyserver.sdss.org/dr9/en/tools/explore/obj.asp?ra=174.97917285&dec=-1.17461165

  

  Unfortunately, it is overexposed in DECaLS

  http://legacysurvey.org/viewer?ra=174.9792&dec=-1.1751&zoom=15&layer=decals-dr2

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  Spectra guide for SDSS images in Galaxy Zoo Talk https://talk.galaxyzoo.org/#/boards/BGZ0000001/discussions/DGZ0000ulp?page=3&comment_id=53fef2ee3d5a77490c0001b6

  Posted November 28, 2017 7:46 AM