Subject: AGZ0007uru

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• by cody34ish

  disk merger

  Posted May 19, 2015 3:15 PM

• by ruslanmerzlyakov

  Or just 1A supernova, that is brighter than the galaxy's center

  Posted May 29, 2015 1:00 PM

• by ElisabethB moderator

  The bright white object to the left of the center of the galaxy is a foreground star from our galaxy.

  Posted May 29, 2015 1:12 PM

• by ruslanmerzlyakov

  You never know 😃
  How about elliptical galaxy - sattelite, like Messier 32?

  Posted May 29, 2015 1:17 PM

• by APTownsend

  Could this be a barred spiral with a star or small eliptical in front & another galaxy in collision from behind?

  Posted June 13, 2015 1:27 PM

• by ElisabethB moderator

  Yep, definitely a barred spiral. The bright object to the left of the centre is a foreground star from our galaxy.

  Posted June 13, 2015 1:51 PM

• by Phox

  Was given variation of this. If look close there's gravitational distortion bending light around star. But is less prominent in this version

  Posted June 13, 2015 5:44 PM

• by ElisabethB moderator

  The star is a foreground star from our galaxy, so it is not possible that there is interaction between the star and the galaxy.

  Posted June 13, 2015 6:01 PM

• by Phox

  Clearly star doesn't interact with galaxy but obviously does bend light coming from it. (Sagans of objects between, all is distorted though)

  Posted June 13, 2015 6:33 PM

• by ElisabethB moderator

  That is just an optical artifact, ie it is not real.

  Posted June 13, 2015 7:00 PM