sting of pearls

• by wildee44

  anyone seen this before?

  Posted December 15, 2015 2:47 PM

• by ElisabethB moderator

  Hi wildee44 and welcome to the Zoo

  It is indeed a beauty ! It is one of the more spectacular simulated galaxies from the Illustris data set.
  
  The blue smudges are star forming areas in the galaxy.

  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/

  Happy hunting ! 😄

  Posted December 15, 2015 3:02 PM