Eastern stream

• by KuroAvuli

  Ever so faintly one can see a stream of some sort of light and / or gas being projected east of the given Galaxy. (East may be incorrect, 3o'clock direction may be more fitting)

  Could that be particles from a different celestial body being pulled toward the Galaxy, or perhaps something, such as a black hole or otherwise other undetected cosmic event that is drawing the particles away.

  Posted May 15, 2017 6:20 PM

• by Budgieye moderator

  It looks like a stream of stars. It might be a tidal stream

  2.8 Galaxy Mergers and Flybys and Merger Zoo https://talk.galaxyzoo.org/#/boards/BGZ0000001/discussions/DGZ0000wrb?page=2

  or a polar ring.

  polar ring

  2.6 Polar rings https://talk.galaxyzoo.org/#/boards/BGZ0000001/discussions/DGZ0000wrb?page=2

  Posted May 16, 2017 5:06 PM

• by Budgieye moderator

  and you are correct , 3 oclock is west when looking up at the sky.

  Posted May 16, 2017 5:08 PM

• by KuroAvuli

  Thanks for the supplied links!

  Posted May 16, 2017 11:12 PM

• by zoob1172

  Simulated galaxy from Illustris http://www.illustris-project.org/ the site has information about the project

  Posted May 18, 2017 10:10 PM