Galaxy Zoo Talk

spotty galaxy

  • janz by janz

    Any ideas on what's happening here?

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  • garv77 by garv77

    It's a stellar nursery with blue, hot, young stars being formed from it's surrounding gas. It has a spiral shape unlike the very famous Pleiades. 😃

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  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator

    all the blue blobs are starforming areas.
    The galaxy is a disturbed barred spiral !
    Great find !

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  • dennispattensr by dennispattensr

    It is beautiful! Love the blue blobs!

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  • trevor_allen_faller by trevor_allen_faller

    http://skyserver.sdss3.org/dr8/en/tools/chart/chart.asp?ra=236.74868943&dec=17.88439853 better shot of the merger

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  • elizabeth_s by elizabeth_s

    cooool NGC 5996

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