Galaxy Zoo Talk

explosion?

  • Prof.Nelson by Prof.Nelson

    galaxies are in shock ?

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  • JeanTate by JeanTate in response to Prof.Nelson's comment.

    No ... what's shown is more informative re processing artifacts than galaxy morphology. This part of the sky is poorly imaged, by DR8 SDSS, as you can see when you zoom out some:

    enter image description here

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  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator

    Hi Prof.Nelson and welcome to the Zoo

    These objects are not galaxies but stars from our galaxy tha only appear to be touching. The colors are not real. Lots of imaging and filter problems in this image.

    Classify as star:artifact.

    Happy hunting ! 😄

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