Galaxy Zoo Talk

Who is the culprit?

by williamaskew

Is the monster elliptical responsible for the smaller spiral being pulled out of shape or the smaller one to the right of it?

Posted October 11, 2012 1:05 AM

Subject: AGZ00048f5

by williamaskew

Wow! it looks like that little galaxy to the upper left is being pulled into this monster.

Posted October 11, 2012 12:56 AM
by trevor_allen_faller

the central elliptical shows no tidal flows toward the spiral, but certainly there is definite disturbance in the spiral(old merger)

Posted October 11, 2012 1:38 AM
by sholmes

Closeup of small spiral here: http://talk.galaxyzoo.org/objects/AGZ00048f7

Posted October 11, 2012 3:03 AM
by turelli

Seyfert 2, Blazar, looks like having a double centre

Posted December 26, 2012 10:30 PM
by jacknet

Appears to be a merger but has not completely coalesced into one star yet. Also a prominent galaxy to the NE of this one, maybe being pulled

Posted January 4, 2015 6:28 PM
by ElisabethB moderator

Not sure what you mean by 'coalesced into one star yet'. A galaxy consist of hundreds of millions of stars.

Posted January 4, 2015 7:39 PM
by ElisabethB moderator

The bright green objects are foreground stars from our galaxy and have no connection whatsoever with the central galaxy.

Posted January 4, 2015 7:39 PM