Galaxy Zoo Talk

Interesting! blue object (actually two of them)

  • Bubba_Ho_tep by Bubba_Ho_tep

    two blue blobs , one in the centre and one at about 7 oclock, anyone got any ideas ??

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  • Padme-1 by Padme-1

    Could be a #star_formation.The blue regions could be stars forming.

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  • JeanTate by JeanTate

    #starformingregions will show up, in these CANDELS Hubble images, as blue blobs; if they're in a 'yellow' galaxy, they're even more likely to be such (provided the galaxy has the 'right' redshift). This looks, to me, like a merger; if so, the blue blobs would be normal. However, the 'star-like' blue blob - in the center, the brightest object - may be a foreground star, or the nucleus of the smaller galaxy. It may be an #AGN.

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