Galaxy Zoo Talk

Cluster?

  • PffWhatsSchool by PffWhatsSchool

    I haven't seen this many galaxy's this close together. How far might these be from each other could they be merging into a super galaxy?

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  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator

    Hi PffWhatsSchool and welcome to the Zoo
    Without additional information (z = redshift) there is no way to tell if these galaxies are actually close together or if this is just a line of sight.

    But on the other hand, there is hardly any distortion visible in any of these galaxies, so, I wouldn't go for merger anyway.

    Happy hunting ! 😄

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