Galaxy Zoo Talk

spectrum question

  • liometopum by liometopum

    What do the big spikes at OII and Halpha imply?

    AGZ0001xa6 spectrum

    Posted

  • Budgieye by Budgieye moderator

    Hydrogen peaks means hot hydrogen indicates that hydrogen is falling into the black hole, or sometimes collsions. Oxygen peaks means that many stars are forming and then exploding, creating lots of hot oxygen. See

    Page 3 Spectra Guide for Galaxy Zoo Talk http://talk.galaxyzoo.org/#/boards/BGZ0000001/discussions/DGZ0000ulp?page=3

    Posted