Subject: AGZ0000cg0

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• by dosey

  What is the diagonal that doesn't seem to interact with this #bar #spiral ?

  Posted November 10, 2012 7:32 PM

• by ElisabethB moderator

  That could be a diffraction spike (optical artifact) caused by a star outside of this image

  Posted November 10, 2012 7:42 PM

• by dosey

  Thank you Elisabeth, I just thought it was the same colour as the galaxy

  Posted November 10, 2012 9:38 PM

• by E_C_Williamson

  I wonder if it's the outside of another galaxy edge on.

  Posted February 3, 2013 10:33 PM

• by ElisabethB moderator

  If you mean the faint line(bottom left),it's probably a diffraction spike from a nearby star
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diffraction_spike

  Posted February 3, 2013 10:37 PM

• by john.talbot.astro

  barred spiral - bar not aligned to major axis

  Posted November 2, 2013 11:23 AM