spotty galaxy
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by janz
Any ideas on what's happening here?
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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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by ElisabethB moderator
all the blue blobs are starforming areas.
The galaxy is a disturbed barred spiral !
Great find !Posted
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It is beautiful! Love the blue blobs!
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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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by elizabeth_s
cooool NGC 5996
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