Subject: AGZ0009mca

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• by LynHawk

  Hey, first time here. This is about the 10th picture I've looked at. Ideas? I see it says simulated...

  Posted May 12, 2017 8:53 AM

• by ElisabethB moderator

  1/2

  Yep, it is a simulated galaxy from the Illustris dataset : https://tinyurl.com/z8k7s42 .

  Posted May 12, 2017 12:06 PM

• by ElisabethB moderator

  2/2

  Strangely enough, they do produce quite a lot of these ring structures. The blue dots are star forming areas in the galaxy btw.

  Posted May 12, 2017 12:07 PM

• by LynHawk

  Thanks!

  Posted May 12, 2017 6:47 PM

• by Pythagora

  Ah, heck! Such a beauty!

  Posted June 12, 2017 8:10 AM

• by Ivan.Chavez

  Very awsome! Love how theese types always seem to form with what looks like a ringed circle!

  Posted June 17, 2017 4:12 PM

• by zoob1172

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

  Posted June 17, 2017 4:19 PM