Galaxy Zoo Talk

x-shape vs bar

  • liometopum by liometopum

    This is clearly a boxy center, This is an x-shaped bulge rather than a bar?

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  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator

    Boxy/x-shaped bulge for me as well.

    And you can only see a bar in a disk or spiral if you see the galaxy face on.

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