What in the world is this?

• by guldan_

  The wierdest thing I've seen in my short career as an armchair astronomer!

  Posted September 22, 2016 2:44 PM

• by Budgieye moderator

  Irregular galaxy. Probably had a collision "recently"

  Posted September 22, 2016 4:42 PM

• by guldan_ in response to Budgieye's comment.

  A collision with...what? I don't see any other galaxies nearby (could be behind tho?)

  Posted September 22, 2016 10:43 PM

• by Budgieye moderator

  Possibly both galaxies have merged to create the new galaxy. Galaxies join together to create bigger galaxies. See some info here

  1.3 Galaxy Classification and formation and evolution http://talk.galaxyzoo.org/#/boards/BGZ0000001/discussions/DGZ0000wrb?page=1&comment_id=53d8b71c0d43f776b0001074

  

  http://skyservice.pha.jhu.edu/DR9/ImgCutout/getjpeg.aspx?ra=167.84429372&dec=0.44430477&scale=0.1980635&width=800&height=800&opt=&query=

  Posted September 23, 2016 7:46 AM