black hole feeding?

• by janeg

  or an incredible merger?

  Posted September 16, 2012 8:31 PM

• by ElisabethB moderator

  or an incredible #overlap !

  Posted September 16, 2012 9:50 PM

• by klmasters scientist, admin

  I think it's got to be an #overlap. I can't see how the orangy small edge-on could be that straight if it were interacting gravitationally with the big blue once. Really nice find. 😃

  Posted September 21, 2012 2:05 PM

• by trevor_allen_faller

  it looks as if the smaller galaxy is caught up in the arm and surrounded by tidal dust etc
  this view shows the small galaxy penetrating through the spiral arm Merger

  http://skyservice.pha.jhu.edu/DR8/ImgCutout/getjpeg.aspx?ra=166.1556995&dec=45.98568765&scale=0.39612&width=512&height=512&opt=&query=

  Posted November 7, 2012 1:17 AM

• by williamaskew

  I think Its between the galaxy and the dust lane, giving the illusion of it protruding from the centre and causing the excitement in the dust (white spot)

  Posted November 7, 2012 2:47 AM

• by Absolute_Zero

  Looks like an overlap... beautiful though!

  Posted November 7, 2012 2:51 AM

• by elizabeth_s

  #overlap UGC 06136

  Posted November 7, 2012 7:41 AM

• by Terrance_L._Johnson

  It may be an overlap, but what a nice unusual spiral!

  Posted November 19, 2012 9:59 PM