Galaxy Zoo Talk

New spiral or dead spiral?

  • Tonibee by Tonibee

    I love this galaxy. It has a really bright core and two faint spiral arms. It's tending me to a theory that the round smooth galaxies eventually condense into spirals. And there are two 'sundog' like bright patches either side of the nucleus, which I'm thinking maybe either 'galaxy-dogs' or the ends of an as yet unformed bar. I'm preferring the bar theory because of the nature and position of the spiral arms relative to the bright patches.

    I think this is one of the most interesting galaxies I've seen, even though it looks quite plain at first glance. I'd love to hear what others make of it - especially those with a bit more knowledge - I'm not a scientist so I can only make half-educated guesses...

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