Barred spiral?
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marisa_gomez
I understood a barred galaxy was one with a barred nucleus (sort of compact). However, most of them I cassify as a "barred" as this one, when zoomed in, you see a perfectly rounded nucleus right in the center. Should it then be cassified as barred spiral or not? please clarify, thanks!
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ElisabethB
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I'd go for edge on with this one. I will only classify a galaxy as a having a bar,when I can see it face on. Otherwise it is not possible to determine if a galaxy has a bar.
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