Longest spiral arms I have seen

• by pchipkin

  Please help classify this.
  Is this two spiral merging ?

  Posted February 21, 2014 5:22 AM

• by Capella05 moderator

  Yes, it is a merger between 2 galaxies 😃 We would call the really long arms tidal tails/trails, and it is a classic sign of interacting galaxies.

  Happy Hunting!
  Capella

  Posted February 21, 2014 7:36 AM

• by ElisabethB moderator

  Definitely a merger ! 😄

  Here's the image from SDSS (image rotated/flipped)

  

  Posted February 21, 2014 8:45 AM