Galaxy Zoo Talk

Vertical jets

  • lbessi by lbessi

    what can be the vertical line through this object?
    Is it a lens aberration or it is real?

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  • dj_tjitso by dj_tjitso

    Looks like an artifact to me. But I can't check it since there's no data in skyserver

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  • Budgieye by Budgieye moderator

    This is one of the new data set. It is a Hubble image. I'm not sure what it is, but it is not real.
    Relativistic jets are small features, they would be less than a pixel wide in these images. They can only be seen in 5 of the “nearer” galaxies.
    see3.6 Relativistic jets  http://talk.galaxyzoo.org/#/boards/BGZ0000001/discussions/DGZ0000wrb?page=3&comment_id=53d8b92adb90c76710000f9

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