Strange, bent galaxy

• by Terrance_L._Johnson

  What a strangely shaped galaxy---bent like a pretzel, resembles a "remembrance ribbon". Any ideas about this? Nothing in NED except #Radio_S and #IrS

  Posted April 15, 2013 4:36 AM

• by JeanTate

  #disturbed, which usually means some kind of #merger. However, there's no sign of galaxy doing the perturbing, so maybe it's a fly-by?

  Posted April 15, 2013 4:32 PM