tadpole

• by joinpep

  tadpole pair

  Posted September 16, 2012 3:26 AM

• by mr_mediocre

  I'm not sure if that's really a double nucleus or if the brighter spot is a foreground star. Wouldn't a merger with a galaxy big enough to show a nucleus like that disturb the shape more? So now I'm thinking it's a two-armed loose spiral.

  Posted October 24, 2012 3:07 PM

• by ElisabethB moderator

  I second the two armed loose spiral with a foreground star ! 😃

  Posted October 24, 2012 3:13 PM