Subject: AGZ000djcg

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• by Pythagora

  Whoa! Fascinating object! Triple merger? Lens? Unusual overlap? Luminous ferret-god spying on us from a parallel universe?

  Posted February 1, 2017 6:52 PM

• by zoob1172

  #overlap #MTG with LTG

  Posted February 1, 2017 7:59 PM

• by ElisabethB moderator

  Have you seen the difference between the Skyserver and the GAMA-KiDS image ? Amazing !

  Btw, what does MTG and LTG mean ?

  Posted February 1, 2017 8:04 PM

• by Geoff_Burke

  very blurred, 3 bright blobs, not sure if they are at the same distance, or this is 2 things merging with one nearer

  Posted February 2, 2017 11:10 AM

• by Budgieye moderator

  Agree, hard to know distance.

  Posted February 2, 2017 11:48 AM

• by leeskelvin scientist

  Yes, the central galaxy is at a #redshift of 0.096 (#lookback-time of 1.25 billion years) but we don't have distances for the other 2 blobs!

  Posted February 2, 2017 12:07 PM

• by lynnerr

  You can clearly see the galaxy in the background but it is difficult to tell if the object in the foreground is interacting with the galaxy.

  Posted February 2, 2017 7:47 PM

• by ElisabethB moderator

  The bright white object is a foreground star from our galaxy, so it is definitely NOT interacting with thte central gaalxy.

  Posted February 2, 2017 8:01 PM