What's this blobby galaxy?
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by j0nr
Would love to know what this galaxy is all about. Why the blobs in a ring? Why the one extra bright one at 11 o'clock?
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by ElisabethB moderator
Hi j0nr and welcome to the Zoo
This galaxy is from the Illustris dataset.
More info here : http://blog.galaxyzoo.org/2015/09/21/new-images-for-galaxy-zoo-part-2-illustris/ and here : http://blog.galaxyzoo.org/2015/11/11/blue-stuff-in-the-illustris-galaxy-images/
The blue blobs are star forming areas in the galaxy. And the bright white spot at 11 o'clock is a foreground star from our galaxy.Happy hunting ! 😄
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