Anyone else seen...
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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
ClairePosted
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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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by falstaff36
Thanks for responding and I was interested to read you ideasâș
Is there any way of getting a definitive answer?Posted
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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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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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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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