Galaxy Zoo Talk

What's this?

  • Crimefighter by Crimefighter

    Anyone know what this is?

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  • jstoke by jstoke

    Well ... a galaxy ... designated as 2MASX J07235864+3858327 ... it has regions of star formation, evidenced by the clumpy hot blue areas ... but it is not arranged in a nice regular spiral so perhaps is is the result of the collision or merger of two objects, or has been affected by some external gravitational forces. Your question is a good one ... somebody could do a thesis on this, trying to figure out why it looks the way it does.

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