Is this a merger?
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by FrankKearns
I'm new, so advice please - there appear to be several blue circular objects at each end of the cigar - what do you think they are?
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by zoob1172
this is a simulated object with older and newer stars like you might actually see in thousands of other objects
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by Budgieye moderator
It is a simulated edge-on galaxy. Galaxies are usually blue in the outer arms, due to lots of blue stars.
Illustris Sept 2015 (classifying simulated galaxies https://talk.galaxyzoo.org/#/boards/BGZ0000001/discussions/DGZ0002eys
“Blue stuff” in the Illustris galaxy images https://blog.galaxyzoo.org/2015/11/11/blue-stuff-in-the-illustris-galaxy-images/
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