Galaxy Zoo Talk

Bright area

  • Ghost_Sheep_SWR by Ghost_Sheep_SWR

    Pointing this out because it looks like an excessively bright area, intense bright starburst?

    According to SIMBAD its redshift matches with the redshift of the surrounding galaxy.

    SDSS and DECaLs DR5 images

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    http://skyserver.sdss.org/dr9/en/tools/explore/obj.asp?id=1237655693548781624

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  • CeciliaB by CeciliaB

    I could be wrong of course, but I think perhaps SIMBAD has mistaken the bright blue area for a galaxy. It looks too bright to be part of the rather colourless central galaxy. I think the bright blue area must be a star. It is slightly oval-shaped in the SDSS image, but that's the case with many other stars in the neighbourhood. They seem to have got 'smeared'.

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  • Ghost_Sheep_SWR by Ghost_Sheep_SWR

    In this case I don’t think so, because the SIMBAD redshift is taken from GAMA in which it’s a distinct seperate object.

    Here is the spectrum area and spectrum;

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    http://www.gama-survey.org/dr2/tools/sov.php

    Which now I see it does look like an extreme starburst area in a rather dull disturbed galaxy, pea-like even?

    Here is my standard pea comparison spectrum from AGZ000begm;

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  • Budgieye by Budgieye moderator

    Put in Objects that need more research https://talk.galaxyzoo.org/#/boards/BGZ0000004/discussions/DGZ0000ycq

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