Galaxy Zoo Talk
opaque fleck at 10 o'clock is not on SDSS survey, is on DEC..
#arc
2MASSXSC 08450006-0347094 [no access to DR8 this evening] interesting blue #arc and red ?flare?
#arc #lens
#lens
#lens showing #ring and separate #arc
just beginning to spiral
#arc at 11 o'clock, 5 o'clock, with counterimages
#merger
2 #lens galaxies -- or something
#starforming
possible #lens
#ring
#dustlane
red stars in outer fringe
several pairs of potentially lensed objects
strange red clouds on left side of image
#starburst
strangely colored
UGC 12476 multiple #ring features - #lens candidate; HI line width radio galaxy, S0/a visual galaxy; Redshift 0.019892
Not in NED. Could be lens for the two stars beside it, which look like #QSO and are not in NED either.
The spiral arms could, instead, be #arc of a #lens which would open discussion of the other nearby objects
Nothing in NED. centered red galaxy could be lens for a quasar seen here as 2 quasars, each lensing as well (to some extent) #lens
SDSS J100041.07+022446.7 z= 0.060000
SDSS J100023.65+021832.6 z= 0.600000
SWIRE J033208.67-274734.6 @QSO z= 0.544000
3 arm off one end of central bar, or 1 from the other end merging with the primary one from the busy end
COMBO-17 46656 Redshift 0.734000 2004ApJS..155..271S Classifications: S0;HII;AGN2 NELG #AGN well studied per NED
looks like #ring around central bulge, #arc toward lower left; potential #lens
#near
#NGC 4678 Redshift 0.005850 Diameter includes companions
The little galaxy at the top -- I think that's the target object -- but the big one looks interesting, too.
SDSS and NED show one galaxy object, with the other being a star. Interesting #overlap, as rest of galaxy could be seen as 2.
not the object itself but the blue quasar to the right, with 2 images of blue lensed galaxy.#QSO #lens
From NED it appears both blue #starforming galaxies are interacting at about the same redshift. The foreground round item is a star.
Could be #arc and part of #polar_ring
Redshift 1.979171 as corrected to the Reference Frame defined by the 3K Microwave Background Radiation
COSMOS 1608496 z= 1.321200; multiple NED entries suggesting z around 1.0; active
#tadpole
#bar #rings #arcs SDSS J100021.65+022218.9 z= 0.221600 ; refs list among candidates for strong lenses; ergo probably not spiral
#dustring
2MASX J17574710+2538548 ; #polar_ring
NED shows 8 entries at z approx. 0.055
MCG 4- 3- 8; central elliptical of cluster, with a double-yolk core (merger or overlay?) ; busy neighborhood
Rather nice 2 arm spiral group of pixels.
KUG 2340+042A Gtrpl z=0.037990 ; need SDSS to see the full system
#ring possible #polar_ring
NED: target,red, 3 outliers are 2MASX J16182961-0158467; nothing else within 1 arcmin
target PhotoZ~0.03; red galaxy PhotoZ~0.7; 3 galaxies in triangle PhotoZ 0.3<<0.43 possible #lens ? refl. red galaxy X3
UGC 1683
two galaxies connecting as a #tadpole; ObjID 1237678596484235740; Photoz = 0.378422; No SDSS primary but SDSS J003959.41+015957.1 looks ok
interesting blue bubble ?gas?
#tadpole 2MASX J10215627+3503464 z= 0.147610
#ring or #lens, with #bar; SDSS J100022.78+022530.6 #QSO z=0.348400
SDSS J230500.98-101532.9 #starforming with He and H-alpha peaks; Redshift: 0.078627; SkyServer reveals 2 spiral arms, distorted
MCG 0-37- 14
Has spectrum; H-alpha and O-II lines
SDSS J170403.14+244745.8 z 0.046302
2MASX J00235337+0236285
faint #arc; apparently active core; two gray puffs that may be a single red galaxy shirted and lensed
CGCG 055-022 is overall irregular galaxy; target here is the tight blob in the haaze.
2MASX J22471669-0307352 faint #arc and #ring segments suggest it might be a #lens
2MASX J23020638+2149131
#NGC 1034 very close z=0.004881; #starforming
#NGC 4049 z=0.002765;
2MASX J10202374+8120153 #polar_ring and extended spiral arm; active #starforming ?
MCG -02-05-022 01h37m23.4s -09d10m07s G 11647 0.038850
NED suggests Gpair or Gtrpl. Very close z<0.01
2MASX J16034950-0111457
in favorites; bright green burst? many tidal tails
#starburst spectrum; another nearby; big one nearby is #starforming
interacting pair that left bits scattered all around
#question @Einstein_cross ? Redshift 0.128405 also shows faint #arc and companion at about .4 arcmin near same redshift
UGC 1025 Redshift 0.018574 group member S0/a
#lens #ring ?
lonely little galaxy in a field of stars
2MASX J07395604+2037221
#odd linear cutoff/disturbance/overlap
#NGC 3546 z=0.014860
2MASX J02414325+4546272 z-0.032799; radio galaxy HI line width;
2 armed barred spiral (lower arm makes immediate 360 - easily mistaken for third arm). Consider #agn - very bright center
2MASX J22470700+1154599; two #arc candidates, a pair of red stars via possible @lens; OR a face-on long single arm spiral in no hurry
CDF-S 202 is QSO at distance 0.146 from center;#QSO z=3.700000
HPS 274: Redshift: 2.869300 1LIN; Redshift 2.870462 as corrected to the Reference Frame defined by the 3K Microwave Background Radiation
#compact_galaxy #lens
COMBO-17 28107: z=0.517752
2MASX J10030026+6707554, with 2MASX J10030026+6707554 at 0.101 arcmin separation; #merger or #overlap ?
NED: central body has Redshift 1.419169, with multiple objects above z=1 nearby; brightest is left body;
UGC 12497: z=0.012545; #starforming; cloud looks like it is a helix with the blue pearls at the core.
#compact_galaxy
COMBO-17 33979; Redshift 0.117613 #compactgalaxy #QSO ?
Redshift 0.301162 as corrected to the Reference Frame defined by the 3K Microwave Background Radiation
SXDF 0331; Redshift 1.740743 as corrected to the Reference Frame defined by the 3K Microwave Background Radiation
Redshift 0.015183 as corrected to the Reference Frame defined by the 3K Microwave Background Radiation
SDSS J225648.95-085814.9; target is #blue spiral; vertical on edge appears to be background #overlap; #starforming
IRAS 03007-1531 z= 0.005495; elliptical beginning to spin - 2 arms spiral; #starforming
#polar_ring
#lens #arc 2MASX J05100324+6006122 PhotoZ=0.125328
SDSS J100041.13+021416.5 z= 0.339500
Redshift 1.079167 as corrected to the Reference Frame defined by the 3K Microwave Background Radiation
NED: SWIRE2 J021656.59-051005.3 #QSO z= 1.080000;
2MASX J01414332+0720087
Either mislabeled by SDSS or a very strong compact galaxy/ #lens. #question: is this in a zone of avoidance?
One galaxy, two stars (including the fainter one), and one not SDSS photometric object. No NED. Neighbors all stars.
UGC 00389; Redshift 0.013630; SDSS ObjectId: 1237678596484038811
Redshift 0.941613 #green_pea
2MASX J06320950+0758485
NED ref: 1996A&AS..117....1S Seeberger, R., ... Penetrating the "zone of Avoidance". II. Optically detected galaxies in the regi...1996A&A
PhotoZ of about 0.12; flanked by 2 galaxies about 0.4, aligned with core. patch of stars within target halo is not separate photometric obj.
SDSS J100027.44+022123.3 z= 0.220200
Redshift 0.031939; SDSS green filter issue?
#edgeon #dustlane #merger #agn
possible #lens group?; two interacting galaxies as #merger
multiple clumps appear to be coming together in a spiral
#NGC 1645
#tidal_tail could indicate gravitational linkage among 2 to 3 nearby galaxies (PhotoZ not too far off)
#merger because of the gap in the far arm
2 objects very close on NED -> #merger ? There is another blue irregular just out of frame.
#blue_gas
COMBO-17 38269 Redshift 0.366613
SDSS J100031.12+023230.5 Redshift 0.291161
#tidal_tail to nowhere
GOODS-CDFS-MUSIC 15517 03h32m24.8s -27d42m54s z= 0.990000; viewing in other bands shows bright pixel at center
#NGC 5915 Redshift 0.008169; in an interacting triple; radio source,
SDSS J033828.63+081134.6 The white/red circle is a star, therefore foreground. Not sure where the distortion came from.
2MASX J03460301+1116068 ID #merger #ring #polar_ring
could target #edgeon be a #lens.
wildly blue
PGC 004986; IrS, Radio source, Redshift 0.036083
#overlap
NED: Southwestern component of a triple or quadruple system. KUG 0149-168; Redshift 0.033108;
#ring with wide #exclusion_zone
Redshift 0.066953
1 short of an #Einstein_cross
radials
#lens very close to core
#lens #ring
#ring #lens
lensed
Redshift: 0.131700 1LIN
#lens #arc #distortion SDSS J100021.76+021220.2 2008ApJS..176...19F Faure, Cecile; ... First Catalog of Strong Lens Candidates in the COSMOS
UGC 06865 NED01 #dustlane #agn probably very massive component in this #merger Redshift 0.020014 larger red galazy is starforming
#polararc ? #lens
MCG -1-22- 16
COMBO-17 44377 Redshift 0.556611 Needs the flexibility of SDSS to sort which is which from the NED data.
$distorted possibly by a #lens
#ring #lens CGCG 525-046 Redshift 0.016069
#dustlane #onedge
#question #lens #arc ?
#question Could the unnamed galaxy between the twins be lensing them from behind? Also two small faint galaxies on a perpendicular axis
Redshift 1.185612 #agn
UGC 330 Redshift 0.018590; S0 type galaxy
#question #agn ?
only 1 photometric object, ergo nucleus is off center;
half #ring
Redshift 0.038481 SDSS J081101.59+532534.9 #starforming; navigate tool sometimes sees 2 photometric objects; same z, though
Redshift 1.215614
actually SDSS shows 2 spiral arms (short), and a single diffuse extended spiral
#blue
#starforming Halpha peak #ring Redshift z=0.17036
Redshift 0.114613; Redshift 1.769613 within .06 arcmin; redshifts > 2 about .07 -- gets complicated. see NED
Beautiful. #NGC 4163 Redshift 0.001419 as corrected to the Reference Frame defined by the 3K Microwave Background Radiation;
#red
#barred spiral with elliptical; extended arm
#protospiral
#lens center of several radial strings of stars
#merger #disturbed
One of a group of 3 galaxies. The other two have less rotation going/ less disk. triple system 1968CGCG4.C...0000Z
#ring #lens Redshift 0.026854;
#unconsolidated
Redshift 0.014514
? #agn ?
#starburst peaks at Halpha, O3, O2; CGCG 430-031; Redshift: 0.037437 +/- 0.000037; debris scattered off both tails
2MASX J01052732+1156277
#merger #protospiral
face-on #spiral multiple arms trails of clouds
#overlap target is background to spherical object; target appears w/ 2 nuclei, but SDSS shows only 1 photometric obj. Target is radio src
#overlap #2yolk
face-on multi-armed #spiral, bright nucleus
NED lists 426 objects. 2 within 0.1 arcmin are at >1 and >5 redshifts; others <1. Looks like developing #spiral
#onedge #dustlane #UGC 2768
interesting loop
#NGC 851
possible polar #ring; very nice neighbor
2 parallel dust lanes not in plane with farthest extensions of galaxy
one #green_pea on the side; no agn
blue #voorwerpje ?
Looks like 2 galaxies, overlapping or merging, but shows as 1 on SDSS
#agn ? blue center is quite bright/distinct
#starburst strong OIII and Halpha peaks Appears string of blue clumps is where bar should be/maybe was. Two arms.
single-pixel #voorwerpje ?
#merger #barred
Could the larger galaxy on the lower right have an #agn ?
Redshift 0.248361 SDSS J100021.32+023224.6
#starforming #starburst with significant Halpha peak
eye-shaped #ring Redshift 0.049677
SDSS J082321.91+044233.6
edge on in foreground - actually, not quite edge-on, a little tilt so one face shows. SDSS J162453.53+060505.7
#starforming #agn has spectrum, Halpha peak, Redshift: 0.066215 +/- 0.000166 2MASX J07554832+2722172
GOODS-CDFS-MUSIC 11167 Redshift: 2.100000 (1234 objects found in NED within 1.0 arcmin)
SDSS J100033.68+022508.2 Redshift: 0.222700 +/- 0.000200 Classifications: Extended Src [SDSS]
several small clumps visually nearby could be offshoots from an energetic formation or potentials for merging
#NGC 881
overlapping galaxies; no second obj on SDSS, though 2MASX J04021751+7951200
merging with small round galaxy to the left
2MASX J22371683+0135354
#cluster of galaxies
#starforming with Halpha peak on spectrum (SDSS)
#cluster of galaxies, visually at least
at least 3 small galaxy clumps nearby which could be dropped of or merging; #distorted
#starforming has spectrum on DR8;
#NGC 4088 one of many spectrographic images id'd by SDSS
red smudge on nearby star is a red herring. star is much closer than galaxy -- therefore, not a merger
trying to close the #ring
Large galaxy is NGC 6906; target was a small galaxy on its edge.
cosmic train wreck
#bar is a tight galaxy in itself, with nucleus dominant; #ring is diffuse and almost completely separate
The irregular blue tail is class=galaxy starburst with high Halpha peak. #Merger with #NGC 2750 , a multiarmed spiral
#barredspiral with 2 long arms
NED shows 226 objects, mostly individual sources, but several galaxies.
UGC 11567; #ring. edge-on galaxy to the far right is CGCG 373-015. Together they are galaxy pair KPG 545: Sa + Sb 1985BICDS..29...87K
CGCG 504- 69, KUG 0219+282; 1. 1984 AnTok..192.595T Re:KUG 0219+282 Face-on spiral with a small bulge and ringed arms.
#merger and the start of a third arm
several low emission peaks -- active, somewhat
spectrum: class= galaxy broadline; faint but distinct #ring may indicate #lensing of light from behind
NED: UGC 10152 16h02m43.6s +41d11m55s GPair velocity 9872 z= 0.032929
probably not merging. foreground galaxy is on edge, with #dustlane.
3 arms
#merger of elliptical with spiral OR one tail of spiral overlapping elliptical;; I favor the merger
almost complete #ring
SkyServer doesn't ID the other 3 blobs in chain; very dense piece of sky; I call this object a compact galaxy - round, no distinguishing mks
SkySearch Navigate tool wouldn't retrieve it
I misidentified; picked the wrong center object
In the midst of the green haze (artifact) there is a small red compact galaxy
DR8 center is green obj, does not id blue obj > same object? the little red above is galaxy. No clue about the little black bit between
DR8 center is off-center from object, but few other objects are identified within 1 arcsec. Densely populated area. mostly stars
2MASX J00181649-0858048: galaxy #AGN with OIII and Halpha peaks; up close, #ring looks almost complete, connected to nucleus
Still a single arm on closer inspection, with a very small galaxy in line rather far out. Any merger is a matter of sucking in loose matter
DR8 shows a faint red galaxy just below the white star.
DR8 calls it a star; I think there are two objects here.
CGCG 334-052
SXDS:[RBO2008] ir 00471614|Redshift: 2.715352 PHOT | only G on NED among 147 VisS and Xrays objects
UGC 9660
Too many of these compact galaxy between two stars. Could these be small gravity lenses?
globular
UGC 09240
over 1400 objects on NED within 1.0 arcsec
Major spectrum peak at OIII; class Galaxy Starburst; SDSS J230123.59+133314.7 multiple tiny galaxies within 0.5 arcsec
inner disk and outer disk not in the same plane
Centered object is really the reddish compact galaxy in the midst of the blue.
#NGC 3044
pretty purple galaxy is SDSS J072941.54+143001.7; no spectra available
GOODS-CDFS-MUSIC 04107 : Redshift 2.129613; NED shows 442 objects within 1.0 arcmin = mostly galaxies and radio sources
2MASX J00583972-0940239 Redshift: 0.050389 +/- 0.000076
faint but distinct polar ring
SDSS focused on bright white compact galaxy; ring is more interesting -- ? #gravitational_lens
compact galaxy in a field of stars
GMASS 1556 03h32m37.7s -27d45m06s G z=1.607000 [BIB2006] J033237.75-274505.5 -- Galaxy over 1800 refs on NED
DR6 calls the big green a star and the whitish yellow blotch on it a galaxy. That seems unlikely;; very small galaxy, very big star
SDSS J100016.21+023055.8 on DR6 as galaxy (too dim to see)
#AGN per SDSS; see spectrum; SDSS J083657.78+172433.7 is the blue galaxy; the other blobs are stars; there are faint galaxies around
Red blob above galaxy is a galaxy; red blob to left is a star; red areas to right and below are not photometric obj in DR8. Oh, well.
Both galaxies have spectra in DR8. Large one is starforming; small one is not. ?merging?
4 different galaxies in SDSS/ DR8
2MASX J19124754+3831581
DR8 doesn't show a separate photometric object -- all the same galaxy
#NGC 7681 two galaxies with overlapping nuclei and a third, smaller galaxy within the same halo; smaller galaxy is the object for SDSS;
http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=Z+376-050&QueryType=ned Isolaated galaxy
SDSS tags 3 galaxies here, plus the little one
merging with the edge-on string of blue beads just entering into picture from left (see SDSS)
3 galaxies in a field of stars
one galaxy in a field of stars (per SDSS)
#bluper
#polarring
2 galaxies; flanked by 2 stars; dim red patch to left is a galaxy. most of the rest are starts per SDSS
SDSS 1237680066422964235 ; galaxy
galaxy; RX J0142.0+2131:[BDJ2005] 0044; redshift=0.49960
galaxy; several distant red/dim galaxies surrounding
SDSS says this is a galaxy; nearest several objects are stars
SDSS names 2 galaxies at these coordinates (approx)
biggest adjacent obj is a galaxy; rest are stars (per SDSS)
is galaxy; nearest 20+ objects are stars; ?possible #gravitational_lens?
SDSS J100039.05+022011.2 galaxy rather faint
NED et al: blue compact galazy, HI line (peaks) in spectrum active radio source
HED says CGCG 426-047; HI line in spectrum; ? #bluper
#NGC 6484
#NGC4162
but not a galaxy == just a star -- see the four rays CORRECTION: SDSS says it's a galaxy
#helix
small bright foreground galaxy may have #dustlane surrounding disc which obscures the fairly regular bluish disk behind it
perpendicular arms
#double_yolk
#NGC 5257 http://hubblesite.org/gallery/album/pr2008016bu/
#barred_ring
central object has 2 centers; there are multiple paired objects in frame. Could there be a gravity lens doubling images?
#dust_lane
How are we to distinguish between an interesting feature and an optical #artifact??
#blue_beads is foreground galaxy, with a more regular disk behind. May or may not be merging.
I called this edge-on.
beginning of spiral arm formation #spiral_formation
appears to be engulfing a #molecular_cloud or misshapen galaxy (green) #green
messy little galaxy
#bar and #ring
approaching a #ring ?
appears to be a budding #ring CORRECTION: appears to be a total mistake. Now, how do I remove it?
some combination of galaxies and perspective -- a little hard to unscramble
see related discussion: not #jets but interesting effects
no spirals but a distinct inner disk and an outer disk
two spiral arms just forming, distinct #bar
a #ring and a #bar
well-developed extended arms with clumps of blue
barred spiral, developed #ring, extended arms with #tidal_debris
proto #ring
developing #ring
very faint beginning of spiral arms and bar
double #hoag with barred and and closed ring spiral surrounded by a larger #ring
#clump of galaxies; ? distance front/behind for the green one?
Is the reddish galaxy merging or behind? The spiral arms form a ring..
Could that be an arc on the far right edge of the frame?
barred spiral, with a clump in one arm. very sharp/prominent disk of which we seem to have an edge-on view, but with the spiral arms.
#ring hints of a #bar
#bar #ring #halo #circle
Pretty artifact, I guess.
almost #figure8
#figure8 #barred
The red spot at about 1 o'clock on the main image is interesting. The paired images may be a single galaxy directly behind the main.
opaque fleck at 10 o'clock is not on SDSS survey, is on DEC..
#arc
2MASSXSC 08450006-0347094
[no access to DR8 this evening]
interesting blue #arc and red ?flare?
#arc #lens
#lens
#lens
#lens
#lens showing #ring and separate #arc
just beginning to spiral
#arc at 11 o'clock, 5 o'clock, with counterimages
#merger
2 #lens galaxies -- or something
#starforming
#starforming
possible #lens
#ring
#dustlane
#lens
red stars in outer fringe
#ring
#arc #lens
several pairs of potentially lensed objects
strange red clouds on left side of image
#starburst
#lens
strangely colored
UGC 12476 multiple #ring features - #lens candidate; HI line width radio galaxy, S0/a visual galaxy; Redshift 0.019892
#starburst
Not in NED. Could be lens for the two stars beside it, which look like #QSO and are not in NED either.
The spiral arms could, instead, be #arc of a #lens which would open discussion of the other nearby objects
Nothing in NED. centered red galaxy could be lens for a quasar seen here as 2 quasars, each lensing as well (to some extent) #lens
SDSS J100041.07+022446.7 z= 0.060000
SDSS J100023.65+021832.6 z= 0.600000
SWIRE J033208.67-274734.6 @QSO z= 0.544000
3 arm off one end of central bar, or 1 from the other end merging with the primary one from the busy end
COMBO-17 46656 Redshift 0.734000 2004ApJS..155..271S Classifications: S0;HII;AGN2 NELG #AGN well studied per NED
looks like #ring around central bulge, #arc toward lower left; potential #lens
#near
#NGC 4678 Redshift 0.005850 Diameter includes companions
The little galaxy at the top -- I think that's the target object -- but the big one looks interesting, too.
SDSS and NED show one galaxy object, with the other being a star. Interesting #overlap, as rest of galaxy could be seen as 2.
not the object itself but the blue quasar to the right, with 2 images of blue lensed galaxy.#QSO #lens
From NED it appears both blue #starforming galaxies are interacting at about the same redshift. The foreground round item is a star.
Could be #arc and part of #polar_ring
Redshift 1.979171 as corrected to the Reference Frame defined by the 3K Microwave Background Radiation
COSMOS 1608496 z= 1.321200; multiple NED entries suggesting z around 1.0; active
#tadpole
#bar #rings #arcs SDSS J100021.65+022218.9 z= 0.221600 ; refs list among candidates for strong lenses; ergo probably not spiral
#dustring
#tadpole
#tadpole
2MASX J17574710+2538548 ; #polar_ring
NED shows 8 entries at z approx. 0.055
MCG 4- 3- 8; central elliptical of cluster, with a double-yolk core (merger or overlay?) ; busy neighborhood
Rather nice 2 arm spiral group of pixels.
KUG 2340+042A Gtrpl z=0.037990 ; need SDSS to see the full system
#ring possible #polar_ring
NED: target,red, 3 outliers are 2MASX J16182961-0158467; nothing else within 1 arcmin
target PhotoZ~0.03; red galaxy PhotoZ~0.7; 3 galaxies in triangle PhotoZ 0.3<<0.43 possible #lens ? refl. red galaxy X3
UGC 1683
two galaxies connecting as a #tadpole; ObjID 1237678596484235740; Photoz = 0.378422; No SDSS primary but SDSS J003959.41+015957.1 looks ok
#tadpole
interesting blue bubble ?gas?
possible #lens
#tadpole 2MASX J10215627+3503464 z= 0.147610
#ring or #lens, with #bar; SDSS J100022.78+022530.6 #QSO z=0.348400
SDSS J230500.98-101532.9 #starforming with He and H-alpha peaks; Redshift: 0.078627; SkyServer reveals 2 spiral arms, distorted
MCG 0-37- 14
Has spectrum; H-alpha and O-II lines
SDSS J170403.14+244745.8 z 0.046302
#dustlane
2MASX J00235337+0236285
faint #arc; apparently active core; two gray puffs that may be a single red galaxy shirted and lensed
CGCG 055-022 is overall irregular galaxy; target here is the tight blob in the haaze.
2MASX J22471669-0307352 faint #arc and #ring segments suggest it might be a #lens
2MASX J23020638+2149131
#NGC 1034 very close z=0.004881; #starforming
#NGC 4049 z=0.002765;
2MASX J10202374+8120153 #polar_ring and extended spiral arm; active #starforming ?
MCG -02-05-022 01h37m23.4s -09d10m07s G 11647 0.038850
NED suggests Gpair or Gtrpl. Very close z<0.01
2MASX J16034950-0111457
in favorites; bright green burst? many tidal tails
#starburst spectrum; another nearby; big one nearby is #starforming
interacting pair that left bits scattered all around
#question @Einstein_cross ? Redshift 0.128405 also shows faint #arc and companion at about .4 arcmin near same redshift
UGC 1025 Redshift 0.018574 group member S0/a
#lens #ring ?
lonely little galaxy in a field of stars
2MASX J07395604+2037221
#odd linear cutoff/disturbance/overlap
#NGC 3546 z=0.014860
2MASX J02414325+4546272 z-0.032799; radio galaxy HI line width;
2 armed barred spiral (lower arm makes immediate 360 - easily mistaken for third arm). Consider #agn - very bright center
2MASX J22470700+1154599; two #arc candidates, a pair of red stars via possible @lens; OR a face-on long single arm spiral in no hurry
CDF-S 202 is QSO at distance 0.146 from center;#QSO z=3.700000
HPS 274: Redshift: 2.869300 1LIN; Redshift 2.870462 as corrected to the Reference Frame defined by the 3K Microwave Background Radiation
#compact_galaxy #lens
COMBO-17 28107: z=0.517752
2MASX J10030026+6707554, with 2MASX J10030026+6707554 at 0.101 arcmin separation; #merger or #overlap ?
NED: central body has Redshift 1.419169, with multiple objects above z=1 nearby; brightest is left body;
UGC 12497: z=0.012545; #starforming; cloud looks like it is a helix with the blue pearls at the core.
#compact_galaxy
COMBO-17 33979; Redshift 0.117613 #compactgalaxy #QSO ?
Redshift 0.301162 as corrected to the Reference Frame defined by the 3K Microwave Background Radiation
SXDF 0331; Redshift 1.740743 as corrected to the Reference Frame defined by the 3K Microwave Background Radiation
Redshift 0.015183 as corrected to the Reference Frame defined by the 3K Microwave Background Radiation
SDSS J225648.95-085814.9; target is #blue spiral; vertical on edge appears to be background #overlap; #starforming
IRAS 03007-1531 z= 0.005495; elliptical beginning to spin - 2 arms spiral; #starforming
#polar_ring
#lens #arc 2MASX J05100324+6006122 PhotoZ=0.125328
SDSS J100041.13+021416.5 z= 0.339500
Redshift 1.079167 as corrected to the Reference Frame defined by the 3K Microwave Background Radiation
NED: SWIRE2 J021656.59-051005.3 #QSO z= 1.080000;
2MASX J01414332+0720087
Either mislabeled by SDSS or a very strong compact galaxy/ #lens. #question: is this in a zone of avoidance?
One galaxy, two stars (including the fainter one), and one not SDSS photometric object. No NED. Neighbors all stars.
UGC 00389; Redshift 0.013630; SDSS ObjectId: 1237678596484038811
Redshift 0.941613 #green_pea
2MASX J06320950+0758485
NED ref: 1996A&AS..117....1S Seeberger, R., ... Penetrating the "zone of Avoidance". II. Optically detected galaxies in the regi...1996A&A
PhotoZ of about 0.12; flanked by 2 galaxies about 0.4, aligned with core. patch of stars within target halo is not separate photometric obj.
SDSS J100027.44+022123.3 z= 0.220200
Redshift 0.031939; SDSS green filter issue?
#edgeon #dustlane #merger #agn
possible #lens group?; two interacting galaxies as #merger
multiple clumps appear to be coming together in a spiral
#NGC 1645
#arc
#tidal_tail could indicate gravitational linkage among 2 to 3 nearby galaxies (PhotoZ not too far off)
#merger because of the gap in the far arm
2 objects very close on NED -> #merger ? There is another blue irregular just out of frame.
#blue_gas
COMBO-17 38269 Redshift 0.366613
SDSS J100031.12+023230.5 Redshift 0.291161
#tidal_tail to nowhere
#ring
#ring
GOODS-CDFS-MUSIC 15517 03h32m24.8s -27d42m54s z= 0.990000; viewing in other bands shows bright pixel at center
#starforming
#dustlane
#NGC 5915 Redshift 0.008169; in an interacting triple; radio source,
#ring
SDSS J033828.63+081134.6 The white/red circle is a star, therefore foreground. Not sure where the distortion came from.
2MASX J03460301+1116068 ID #merger #ring #polar_ring
#ring
could target #edgeon be a #lens.
wildly blue
PGC 004986; IrS, Radio source, Redshift 0.036083
#dustlane
#overlap
NED: Southwestern component of a triple or quadruple system. KUG 0149-168; Redshift 0.033108;
#dustlane
possible #lens
#ring
#merger
#ring with wide #exclusion_zone
Redshift 0.066953
1 short of an #Einstein_cross
radials
#lens
#lens very close to core
#lens #ring
#ring #lens
lensed
Redshift: 0.131700 1LIN
#lens #arc #distortion SDSS J100021.76+021220.2 2008ApJS..176...19F Faure, Cecile; ... First Catalog of Strong Lens Candidates in the COSMOS
UGC 06865 NED01 #dustlane #agn probably very massive component in this #merger Redshift 0.020014 larger red galazy is starforming
#ring
#polararc ? #lens
#lens
MCG -1-22- 16
#lens #ring
COMBO-17 44377 Redshift 0.556611 Needs the flexibility of SDSS to sort which is which from the NED data.
#ring #lens
$distorted possibly by a #lens
#ring #lens CGCG 525-046 Redshift 0.016069
#dustlane #onedge
#question #lens #arc ?
#question Could the unnamed galaxy between the twins be lensing them from behind? Also two small faint galaxies on a perpendicular axis
#ring
Redshift 1.185612 #agn
UGC 330 Redshift 0.018590; S0 type galaxy
#question #agn ?
only 1 photometric object, ergo nucleus is off center;
#question #agn ?
half #ring
Redshift 0.038481 SDSS J081101.59+532534.9 #starforming; navigate tool sometimes sees 2 photometric objects; same z, though
Redshift 1.215614
Re:BGP 049
BGP 49: Galaxy is extremely flattened S0. Star just on the nucleus.
actually SDSS shows 2 spiral arms (short), and a single diffuse extended spiral
#blue
#starforming Halpha peak #ring Redshift z=0.17036
Redshift 0.114613; Redshift 1.769613 within .06 arcmin; redshifts > 2 about .07 -- gets complicated. see NED
Beautiful. #NGC 4163 Redshift 0.001419 as corrected to the Reference Frame defined by the 3K Microwave Background Radiation;
#red
#barred spiral with elliptical; extended arm
#arc
#protospiral
#protospiral
#lens center of several radial strings of stars
#merger #disturbed
#protospiral
#protospiral
#protospiral
One of a group of 3 galaxies. The other two have less rotation going/ less disk. triple system
1968CGCG4.C...0000Z
#arc
#ring #lens Redshift 0.026854;
#protospiral
#unconsolidated
#ring
#overlap
Redshift 0.014514
? #agn ?
#unconsolidated
#starburst peaks at Halpha, O3, O2; CGCG 430-031; Redshift: 0.037437 +/- 0.000037; debris scattered off both tails
2MASX J01052732+1156277
#merger
#merger #protospiral
#overlap
face-on #spiral multiple arms trails of clouds
#protospiral
#overlap target is background to spherical object; target appears w/ 2 nuclei, but SDSS shows only 1 photometric obj. Target is radio src
#overlap #2yolk
face-on multi-armed #spiral, bright nucleus
NED lists 426 objects. 2 within 0.1 arcmin are at >1 and >5 redshifts; others <1. Looks like developing #spiral
#onedge #dustlane #UGC 2768
#starburst
#merger
interesting loop
#NGC 851
possible polar #ring; very nice neighbor
2 parallel dust lanes not in plane with farthest extensions of galaxy
one #green_pea on the side; no agn
blue #voorwerpje ?
? #agn ?
Looks like 2 galaxies, overlapping or merging, but shows as 1 on SDSS
#agn ? blue center is quite bright/distinct
#starburst strong OIII and Halpha peaks Appears string of blue clumps is where bar should be/maybe was. Two arms.
single-pixel #voorwerpje ?
#merger #barred
Could the larger galaxy on the lower right have an #agn ?
Redshift 0.248361 SDSS J100021.32+023224.6
#starforming #starburst with significant Halpha peak
eye-shaped #ring Redshift 0.049677
SDSS J082321.91+044233.6
edge on in foreground - actually, not quite edge-on, a little tilt so one face shows. SDSS J162453.53+060505.7
#starforming #agn has spectrum, Halpha peak, Redshift: 0.066215 +/- 0.000166 2MASX J07554832+2722172
GOODS-CDFS-MUSIC 11167 Redshift: 2.100000 (1234 objects found in NED within 1.0 arcmin)
SDSS J100033.68+022508.2 Redshift: 0.222700 +/- 0.000200 Classifications: Extended Src [SDSS]
several small clumps visually nearby could be offshoots from an energetic formation or potentials for merging
#NGC 881
#merger
overlapping galaxies; no second obj on SDSS, though
2MASX J04021751+7951200
merging with small round galaxy to the left
2MASX J22371683+0135354
#cluster of galaxies
#starforming with Halpha peak on spectrum (SDSS)
#cluster of galaxies, visually at least
at least 3 small galaxy clumps nearby which could be dropped of or merging; #distorted
#starforming has spectrum on DR8;
#NGC 4088 one of many spectrographic images id'd by SDSS
red smudge on nearby star is a red herring. star is much closer than galaxy -- therefore, not a merger
trying to close the #ring
Large galaxy is NGC 6906; target was a small galaxy on its edge.
cosmic train wreck
#bar is a tight galaxy in itself, with nucleus dominant; #ring is diffuse and almost completely separate
The irregular blue tail is class=galaxy starburst with high Halpha peak. #Merger with #NGC 2750 , a multiarmed spiral
#barredspiral with 2 long arms
NED shows 226 objects, mostly individual sources, but several galaxies.
UGC 11567; #ring. edge-on galaxy to the far right is CGCG 373-015. Together they are galaxy pair KPG 545: Sa + Sb 1985BICDS..29...87K
CGCG 504- 69, KUG 0219+282; 1. 1984
AnTok..192.595T
Re:KUG 0219+282
Face-on spiral with a small bulge and ringed arms.
#merger and the start of a third arm
several low emission peaks -- active, somewhat
spectrum: class= galaxy broadline; faint but distinct #ring may indicate #lensing of light from behind
NED: UGC 10152 16h02m43.6s +41d11m55s GPair velocity 9872 z= 0.032929
probably not merging. foreground galaxy is on edge, with #dustlane.
#dustlane
3 arms
#merger of elliptical with spiral OR one tail of spiral overlapping elliptical;; I favor the merger
almost complete #ring
SkyServer doesn't ID the other 3 blobs in chain; very dense piece of sky; I call this object a compact galaxy - round, no distinguishing mks
SkySearch Navigate tool wouldn't retrieve it
I misidentified; picked the wrong center object
In the midst of the green haze (artifact) there is a small red compact galaxy
DR8 center is green obj, does not id blue obj > same object? the little red above is galaxy. No clue about the little black bit between
DR8 center is off-center from object, but few other objects are identified within 1 arcsec. Densely populated area. mostly stars
2MASX J00181649-0858048: galaxy #AGN with OIII and Halpha peaks; up close, #ring looks almost complete, connected to nucleus
Still a single arm on closer inspection, with a very small galaxy in line rather far out. Any merger is a matter of sucking in loose matter
DR8 shows a faint red galaxy just below the white star.
DR8 calls it a star; I think there are two objects here.
CGCG 334-052
SXDS:[RBO2008] ir 00471614|Redshift: 2.715352 PHOT | only G on NED among 147 VisS and Xrays objects
UGC 9660
Too many of these compact galaxy between two stars. Could these be small gravity lenses?
globular
UGC 09240
over 1400 objects on NED within 1.0 arcsec
Major spectrum peak at OIII; class Galaxy Starburst; SDSS J230123.59+133314.7
multiple tiny galaxies within 0.5 arcsec
inner disk and outer disk not in the same plane
Centered object is really the reddish compact galaxy in the midst of the blue.
#NGC 3044
pretty purple galaxy is SDSS J072941.54+143001.7; no spectra available
GOODS-CDFS-MUSIC 04107 : Redshift 2.129613; NED shows 442 objects within 1.0 arcmin = mostly galaxies and radio sources
#dustlane
2MASX J00583972-0940239 Redshift: 0.050389 +/- 0.000076
faint but distinct polar ring
SDSS focused on bright white compact galaxy; ring is more interesting -- ? #gravitational_lens
compact galaxy in a field of stars
GMASS 1556 03h32m37.7s -27d45m06s G z=1.607000
[BIB2006] J033237.75-274505.5 -- Galaxy
over 1800 refs on NED
DR6 calls the big green a star and the whitish yellow blotch on it a galaxy. That seems unlikely;; very small galaxy, very big star
SDSS J100016.21+023055.8 on DR6 as galaxy (too dim to see)
#AGN per SDSS; see spectrum; SDSS J083657.78+172433.7 is the blue galaxy; the other blobs are stars; there are faint galaxies around
Red blob above galaxy is a galaxy; red blob to left is a star; red areas to right and below are not photometric obj in DR8. Oh, well.
Both galaxies have spectra in DR8. Large one is starforming; small one is not. ?merging?
#dustlane
4 different galaxies in SDSS/ DR8
2MASX J19124754+3831581
DR8 doesn't show a separate photometric object -- all the same galaxy
#NGC 7681 two galaxies with overlapping nuclei and a third, smaller galaxy within the same halo; smaller galaxy is the object for SDSS;
http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=Z+376-050&QueryType=ned
Isolaated galaxy
SDSS tags 3 galaxies here, plus the little one
merging with the edge-on string of blue beads just entering into picture from left (see SDSS)
3 galaxies in a field of stars
one galaxy in a field of stars (per SDSS)
#bluper
#polarring
#polarring
2 galaxies; flanked by 2 stars; dim red patch to left is a galaxy. most of the rest are starts per SDSS
SDSS 1237680066422964235 ; galaxy
galaxy; RX J0142.0+2131:[BDJ2005] 0044; redshift=0.49960
galaxy; several distant red/dim galaxies surrounding
SDSS says this is a galaxy; nearest several objects are stars
SDSS names 2 galaxies at these coordinates (approx)
biggest adjacent obj is a galaxy; rest are stars (per SDSS)
is galaxy; nearest 20+ objects are stars; ?possible #gravitational_lens?
SDSS J100039.05+022011.2 galaxy rather faint
NED et al: blue compact galazy, HI line (peaks) in spectrum active radio source
HED says CGCG 426-047; HI line in spectrum; ? #bluper
#NGC 6484
#NGC4162
but not a galaxy == just a star -- see the four rays CORRECTION: SDSS says it's a galaxy
#helix
#merger
#merger
#merger
#merger
small bright foreground galaxy may have #dustlane surrounding disc which obscures the fairly regular bluish disk behind it
perpendicular arms
#dustlane
#ring
#double_yolk
#NGC 5257 http://hubblesite.org/gallery/album/pr2008016bu/
#barred_ring
central object has 2 centers; there are multiple paired objects in frame. Could there be a gravity lens doubling images?
#dust_lane
How are we to distinguish between an interesting feature and an optical #artifact??
#red
#blue_beads is foreground galaxy, with a more regular disk behind. May or may not be merging.
I called this edge-on.
#red
beginning of spiral arm formation #spiral_formation
appears to be engulfing a #molecular_cloud or misshapen galaxy (green) #green
#ring
messy little galaxy
#bar and #ring
approaching a #ring ?
appears to be a budding #ring CORRECTION: appears to be a total mistake. Now, how do I remove it?
some combination of galaxies and perspective -- a little hard to unscramble
see related discussion: not #jets but interesting effects
no spirals but a distinct inner disk and an outer disk
two spiral arms just forming, distinct #bar
a #ring and a #bar
#starforming
well-developed extended arms with clumps of blue
barred spiral, developed #ring, extended arms with #tidal_debris
proto #ring
developing #ring
very faint beginning of spiral arms and bar
double #hoag with barred and and closed ring spiral surrounded by a larger #ring
#clump of galaxies; ? distance front/behind for the green one?
Is the reddish galaxy merging or behind? The spiral arms form a ring..
Could that be an arc on the far right edge of the frame?
barred spiral, with a clump in one arm. very sharp/prominent disk of which we seem to have an edge-on view, but with the spiral arms.
#ring hints of a #bar
#bar #ring #halo #circle
Pretty artifact, I guess.
almost #figure8
#figure8 #barred
The red spot at about 1 o'clock on the main image is interesting. The paired images may be a single galaxy directly behind the main.