Blue sector?

• by RickinFlorida

  What might be responsible for the blue area. Gas cloud? Clumpyness (if that's a word)??

  Posted December 23, 2016 6:41 PM

• by Budgieye moderator

  Starburst galaxy. The blue area is made by lots of stars forming and exploding, as seen by the amount of hot oxygen. Star formation usually follows merger of galaxies.

  

  http://skyservice.pha.jhu.edu/DR9/ImgCutout/getjpeg.aspx?ra=173.37058427&dec=49.23691818&scale=0.2&width=200&height=200&opt=G

  http://skyserver.sdss.org/dr9/en/tools/explore/obj.asp?id=1237658204508192807

  

  http://skyserver.sdss.org/dr9/en/get/specById.asp?id=1088828267269482496

  For more information see

  PAGE 2 Galaxy Redshift Chart https://talk.galaxyzoo.org/#/boards/BGZ0000007/discussions/DGZ0000ulp?page=2
  PAGE 3 Spectra guide for SDSS images in Galaxy Zoo Talk https://talk.galaxyzoo.org/#/boards/BGZ0000001/discussions/DGZ0000ulp?page=3&comment_id=53fef2ee3d5a77490c0001b6

  Posted December 23, 2016 10:22 PM