Off center
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by zarketh
The bulge seems to be off center or a spiral arm wraps nearly 180 degrees with the others being shorter or distorted.
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by alan1001
#disturbed #spiral possibly due to merger or close fly-by
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by ale.ballone
The "off center bulge" could be a supernova...
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by fatha731
Not a SN for sure. Looks like a merger.
Here's the spectrum:
The blue colour is due to the ionized OII
It'salso KUG 0741+424
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