Edge on smooth?

• by wollfe

  I'd like to get a better look at this

  Posted September 23, 2012 7:48 PM

• by williamaskew

  go to skyserver

  Posted September 23, 2012 7:55 PM

• by echo-lily-mai

  here you go 😃
  

  http://skyserver.sdss3.org/dr8/en/tools/chart/navi.asp?ra=193.23336&dec=11.23213&opt=

  Posted September 23, 2012 8:05 PM

• by Dean_Fielding

  so do you classify this as disk and edge on?

  Posted September 23, 2012 8:08 PM

• by echo-lily-mai

  Yep.

  Posted September 23, 2012 8:12 PM

• by williamaskew

  nice one!

  Posted September 23, 2012 8:13 PM

• by tomangseesing

  nice, very bright!

  Posted September 23, 2012 8:52 PM

• by JeanTate

  #edgeon

  Posted September 24, 2012 4:36 AM

• by Terrance_L._Johnson

  Simply spectacular bar!

  Posted November 19, 2012 10:42 PM

• by Terrance_L._Johnson

  There seems always to be new wonders.

  Posted November 19, 2012 10:45 PM

• by Budgieye moderator

  NGC 4762: A Galaxy on the Edge

  ". Galaxies that appear this thin are rare mostly because our Earth must reside (nearly) in the extrapolated planes of their thin galactic disks. Galaxies that actually are this thin are relatively common -- for example our own Milky Way Galaxy is thought to be about this thin. "

  http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap141105.html Image Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA

  

  Posted November 8, 2014 6:39 PM