help needed to classify the object

• by liviuzaha

  how to classify this object?

  Posted October 10, 2017 8:43 PM

• by ElisabethB moderator

  Hi liviuzaha and welcome to the Zoo

  I'd classify this one as a smooth and in between galaxy. The difference in colours is probably just an optical artifact.

  Happy hunting ! 😄

  Posted October 10, 2017 9:07 PM

• by leeskelvin scientist

  Yes, a very curious bimodality in colour. Still, a very nice example of a relatively small smooth galaxy.

  Posted October 11, 2017 4:30 PM