Galaxy Zoo Talk
Good find! Checking back, it was in the 2013 catalog, but the KIDS data show clear dust lanes not seen in SDSS images.
A fast way to tell whether something was transient is checking KIDS, GAMA, and SDSS from Examine; these data sets were taken years apart.
The number of times I've been fooled by a bogus dark JPEG ring around one galaxy in a pair... (Can always check the FITS file to be sure).
Structure clearer in IR data than SDSS. Lack of major disruption may imply 2nd galaxy is unrelated overlap.
Could also be #polarring system, since the vertical ring is bluer than the "main body" of the system (which is common for polar rings).
Ohhhhh. It was in the lower-priority set from the initial survey, that did not get new spectra. But it sure didn't look familiar.
How did I miss this one? Grabbed on a list for followup when this part of the sky rolls around again. Clouds are also there in izy filters.
Not caught in either GZ or Zoo2 (newly covered area). I keep trying to make 3D sense of it (+2 or 3 galaxies?); will try to get new images.
I'll make a note of this for followup when this part of the sky rolls around to be observable from earth.
Looks like a collisional-induced ring in the eastern galaxy, and naturally the other galaxy is a prime suspect. Some such rings do host AGN.
The purple clouds do suggest interesting emission. Once again, it's frustrating to have no SDSS spectra in this system; NED gives z=0.046.
Going through all the #voorwerp for an unexpected chance to get spectra. The one looked exciting until I mentally rotated it 90 degrees.
Good find! Checking back, it was in the 2013 catalog, but the KIDS data show clear dust lanes not seen in SDSS images.
A fast way to tell whether something was transient is checking KIDS, GAMA, and SDSS from Examine; these data sets were taken years apart.
The number of times I've been fooled by a bogus dark JPEG ring around one galaxy in a pair... (Can always check the FITS file to be sure).
Structure clearer in IR data than SDSS. Lack of major disruption may imply 2nd galaxy is unrelated overlap.
Could also be #polarring system, since the vertical ring is bluer than the "main body" of the system (which is common for polar rings).
Ohhhhh. It was in the lower-priority set from the initial survey, that did not get new spectra. But it sure didn't look familiar.
How did I miss this one? Grabbed on a list for followup when this part of the sky rolls around again. Clouds are also there in izy filters.
Not caught in either GZ or Zoo2 (newly covered area). I keep trying to make 3D sense of it (+2 or 3 galaxies?); will try to get new images.
I'll make a note of this for followup when this part of the sky rolls around to be observable from earth.
Looks like a collisional-induced ring in the eastern galaxy, and naturally the other galaxy is a prime suspect. Some such rings do host AGN.
The purple clouds do suggest interesting emission. Once again, it's frustrating to have no SDSS spectra in this system; NED gives z=0.046.
Going through all the #voorwerp for an unexpected chance to get spectra. The one looked exciting until I mentally rotated it 90 degrees.