Need you help.

• by JordannaBeal

  Hey Everyone! I see this galaxy. It has an odd shape, not the usually round or spiral. It almost looks like the side of an ear! But my more important question what is the blue particles?

  Posted September 24, 2015 11:32 PM

• by JeanTate in response to JordannaBeal's comment.

  Gald to see you classifying here in GZ, JordannaBeal! 😃

  The "blue particles" are star-forming regions.

  This is not a real galaxy; rather it is from the Illustris simulation, and we are classifying these images as if they were real. What you have discovered is that, sometimes, the simulation produces objects which have a not particularly good resemblance to real galaxies ... that is, I think, very important to those working on Illustris. For more info, check out the recent blog post, New images for Galaxy Zoo! Part 2 – Illustris

  Happy hunting! 😄

  Posted September 25, 2015 12:02 AM

• by JordannaBeal

  Thank you Jean! I am so happy to have this learning opportunity.

  Posted September 25, 2015 12:08 PM