Irregular galaxy?

• by RichardHB

  Hello.

  This object would be an irregular galaxy? It looks like a starfish.

  (http://skyserver.sdss.org/dr9/en/tools/explore/obj.asp?id=1237651504880353607)

  Regards.

  Posted November 22, 2017 2:40 PM

• by Budgieye moderator

  No it is not an irregular galaxy, it is probably a very nice spiral. It is fuzzy with distance, and the streaks are just artifacts.

  

  http://skyserver.sdss.org/dr9/en/tools/explore/obj.asp?id=12376515048803536

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  a bit clearer in DECaLS

  http://legacysurvey.org/viewer?ra=203.6439&dec=0.3593&zoom=16&layer=decals-dr2

  Posted November 22, 2017 5:54 PM