Distorted cigar shaped galaxy?

• by genericuser

  First time I see one of these

  Posted September 11, 2012 10:13 PM

• by ElisabethB moderator

  I'm seeing a loose two-armed spiral

  Posted September 11, 2012 10:14 PM

• by rohwer in response to ElisabethB's comment.

  ElisabethB
  I'm seeing a loose two-armed spiral

  Me too

  Posted September 11, 2012 10:17 PM

• by genericuser

  Like the lower arm is on the front and the upper arm on the back?

  Posted September 13, 2012 8:59 PM

• by vrooje admin, scientist

  Could be a loose two-armed spiral or a #warped edge-on disk. SkyServer shows a merging pair about 1 arcminute away with a tidal feature in the direction of this galaxy. I wonder...

  Posted September 16, 2012 2:52 PM