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Anyone else seen...

  • falstaff36 by falstaff36

    I'm pretty new on here and have never seen anything like this before. I wanted to ask if anyone else has and any ideas on what it is?
    Thanks
    Claire

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  • Budgieye by Budgieye moderator

    Yes, this a tricky one. It is hard to decide if it might be an overlap, or a disturbed galaxy with most of the blue star-forming areas on one side. With a ring shape too.

    DECaLS doesn't help much

    http://legacysurvey.org/viewer?ra=217.2061&dec=0.6149&zoom=16&layer=decals-dr2

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  • falstaff36 by falstaff36

    Thanks for responding and I was interested to read you ideasâ˜ș
    Is there any way of getting a definitive answer?

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  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator

    For some images there is no 'right' answer. And the fact that there will be lots of different answers is also interesting for the scientists/

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  • Budgieye by Budgieye moderator

    You can post in

    Objects that need more research https://talk.galaxyzoo.org/#/boards/BGZ0000004/discussions/DGZ0000ycq

    along with your reason while you find it interesting, and maybe someday, Hubble telescope will look at it.

    Or wait 20 years for a sky survey with more resolution.

    It is not in the Hubble Legacy Archive.

    http://hla.stsci.edu/hlaview.html#Inventory|filterText%3D%24filterTypes%3D|query_string=217.20597265%2C0.61558879&posfilename=&poslocalname=&posfilecount=&listdelimiter=whitespace&listformat=degrees&RA=217.205973&Dec=0.615589&Radius=0.200000&inst-control=all&inst=ACS&inst=ACSGrism&inst=WFC3&inst=WFPC2&inst=NICMOS&inst=NICGRISM&inst=COS&inst=WFPC2-PC&inst=STIS&inst=FOS&inst=GHRS&imagetype=best&prop_id=&spectral_elt=&proprietary=both&preview=1&output_size=256&cutout_size=12.8|ra=&dec=&sr=&level=&image=&inst=ACS%2CACSGrism%2CWFC3%2CWFPC2%2CNICMOS%2CNICGRISM%2CCOS%2CWFPC2-PC%2CSTIS%2CFOS%2CGHRS&ds=

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  • NGC3314 by NGC3314 scientist

    To amplify on ElisabethB's point - the spread in classifications conveys more information than the single most common one does, since different people key on different things. Even with GZ classic and its broad categories, one of the first outside uses of the database was finding polar rings because they had a distinct mix of elliptical and spiral classifications. (And the uses become richer as more features are defined).

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