Streaming Jets
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What do you make of these two jets streaming from that bright blue point of light? It's beyond my experience.
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Budgieye
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It is #UGCA116 That is lovely.
It is the colour of star formation. I would think that two galaxies have collided, and stars are formed in the crash area. The two "jets" look more like fuzzy patches when magnified in the SkyServer images.
You can follow the links to NED, and that there are hundreds of references, many with #starburst in them. I would
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Terrance_L._Johnson
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Budgieye
It is #UGCA116 That is lovely.
It is the colour of star formation. I would think that two galaxies have collided, and stars are formed in the crash area. The two "jets" look more like fuzzy patches when magnified in the SkyServer images.
[img]http://skyservice.pha.jhu.edu/DR8/ImgCutout/getjpeg.aspx?ra=88.92843251&dec=3.38954969&scale=0.2&width=200&height=200&opt=G[/img]
You can follow the links to NED, and that there are hundreds of references, many with #starburst in them. I wouldTHANKS
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