Blue Gas/Dust

• by Skywatcher_Germany

  Hi, what is this near the Galaxy - the blue Dust or Gas cloud...its interesting because it looks like a seperate cloud....

  Posted January 4, 2016 5:33 PM

• by ElisabethB moderator

  Hi Skywatcher_Germany and welcome to the Zoo

  The blue smudges are star forming areas in the galaxy.

  See here for more info : http://blog.galaxyzoo.org/2015/11/11/blue-stuff-in-the-illustris-galaxy-images/

  Happy hunting ! 😄

  Posted January 4, 2016 7:19 PM

• by Skywatcher_Germany in response to ElisabethB's comment.

  Hi ElisabethB,

  many thanks for this information 😃

  Cheers

  Posted January 5, 2016 11:18 AM