help with shape

is it spherical with collision or slightly oval??

Posted January 27, 2014 11:53 PM

by JeanTate in response to romasalah's comment.

It's whatever you think it is! 😃

Myself, I'd've classified it as smooth -> completely round. I think the blob with a reddish core is a background galaxy (making this an #overlap); but it could be an overlap of a different kind: a foreground star - in our own galaxy.

Posted January 28, 2014 12:36 AM

by romasalah

i think the reddish spot is a star but i was talking about the yellow galaxy down left the main galaxy... i think there's association between them

Posted January 28, 2014 5:03 PM

by JeanTate in response to romasalah's comment.

It's hard to say for sure, just by looking at the image, but I think you're right: all the yellow-orange blobs are likely to be elliptical galaxies (or at least ETGs, early-type galaxies) belonging to the same rich cluster of galaxies.

Isn't Galaxy Zoo fun!? 😃

Posted January 28, 2014 6:50 PM