What's this?
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by Crimefighter
Anyone know what this is?
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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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