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Somthing in front of the image?

  • Hulladeairkagh by Hulladeairkagh

    Sorry i just started this tonight and i am completely new to this. however i seem to not be able to identify what the 3 objects around the center image are. are they orbiting the galaxy? is it in fact a galaxy or something else? or are the other 3 images between the camera and center image?

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  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator

    Hi Hulladeairkagh and welcome to the Zoo

    The blue blobs are star forming areas in the galaxy. This is an image from the Illustris data set. More info on this : http://blog.galaxyzoo.org/2015/09/21/new-images-for-galaxy-zoo-part-2-illustris/

    Happy hunting ! 😄

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