Galaxy Zoo Talk
An active galaxy with lots of new star formation, as well as an apparent #merger upper left & a distant galaxy at the bottom
There seems to be a disturbance to the inner/middle upper arms: the flow seems to 'lift' for a way.
#AGN. Not sure about the bright spot to the right of centre, but I think it's a star, maybe in front?
#AGN: extremely bright centre that seems to light-up the entire galaxy.
#AGN & a #spherical-galaxy that is semi-transparent, as you can see a #spiral-galaxy through it.
#AGN
Possible #merger, or an #overlap. #ring around the centre.
AGN
This galaxy is an irregular #spiral, without a #bulge, #bar nor are its spirals regular. It is young, dominated by blue new stars.
MASSIVE #spiral with some #irregularity out at the edges.
#irregular, #disturbed with lots of #star_formation, off-centre #bar, MASSIVE galaxy.
This is a MASSIVE galaxy!! That arm going out on top is fascinating.
The 2 bright spots each side of the central mass suggest there's a #bar across it.
The main disc seems to be not on the same plane as the core.
This galaxy is very imbalanced: there is much more mass in the heavy arm & lighter star mass underneath.
There seems to be 'smudges' above & below this galaxy along with the lower arm showing tidal debris. I'm not sure about the spot at top.
There appears to be an extra arm on the RHS & a very thin/light arm well out on the LHS.
2 anomalies on the left hand side: 2 green dots & a small green line.
There appears to be an anomaly with the green slash through the left hand side, with more pink ones over the bottom of the image.
The blue spots are clusters of newly forming stars
top right is merging with the subject galaxy & this maybe energising/generating some of the new stars forming
The blue spots are newly forming stars in massive clusters, but at least 3 are well out & off the meridian. The disc approaching from the
The blue spots appear to be newly forming stars, but at least 3 are well out in the perimeter region, which is unusual
This seems to be a very old galaxy with several clusters of bright new stars being created in 2 of its arms in particular.
Not only is this one of the best lenses I've seen in over 16,000 galaxy/lens classifications, but it's the 1st I've seen around 2 galaxies!!
This is an odd series of galaxies that appear to be connected lineally ie in a row & appear to be bound to the same gravitational centre.
It appears there's an arm extending well out to the left that seems to be separated (#tidal debris?).
It's NOT a star: it has parallel lines & dots in it!!! Either it's a data graphic anomaly or a UFO!!!
There appears to be an arm extending away from the spiral disc with a feature attached at its end. The red spot is a star in our galaxy.
There appears to be star clusters in the train of the lower arm that may be #tidal #debris.
I'm not sure if the yellow feature is #merging or #overlapping.
This galaxy appears to have star masses extending vertically instead of the normal flat spiral. Could it be transforming into an elliptical?
'feathery'. The spiral arms are lighter & less solid, not going in spiral form.
A beautiful spiral galaxy with an oval ring around the centre. The outer part of the lower side is different to the upper side: it's more
This is an unusual group of galaxies & stars, making it a lovely image.
The lower arm has 2 or 3 gaps that may be dust lanes or full separation breaks, suggesting a previous disturbance.
end, but that's all!!! It seems this galaxy is newly forming & has yet to develop into a full spiral galaxy.
This is an unusual galaxy in that it appears to be comprised of a centre with a bar extending out both sides & the start of spirals @ each
No #lens here, but an imbalance of new forming star clusters ranging along mostly one side of the galaxy.
This fascinating galaxy has either strange features imbedded in it, or these red features are #overlapping the subject galaxy.
the separate feature underneath appears to have been torn away by an ancient disturbance. The bottom features may also be associated.
cluster of newly forming stars attached (the blue spot). The red spot seems to be a distant spherical galaxy #overlapped by the subject &
This galaxy appears to have another smaller one #merging or massive disturbance has separated a large segment that has itself a massive
What's an SBb-type galaxy?
What a beautiful image, of a star, I think.
This beautiful galaxy is well distorted & irregular. Some incredible force has warped its development to cause the near right angled turn.
This galaxy is irregular in shape, which suggests massive force conjunction. I wonder if the red feature may be the unsub?
A beautiful spiral galaxy with a very bright, active core.
A beautiful pair of spiral galaxies that, like the Milkyway & Andromeda; close but safe.
I think the bright blue spot #overlapping the edge-on galaxy may be a star from our galaxy.
A lovely galaxy with a yellow feature either #merging with its lower edge, or the smaller feature is #overlapping it.
I'm not so sure about a #merger, but the #tidal_tail stands out, as well as the almost separated feature to the left.
A very disturbed galaxy with uneven, dispersed clusters of stars creating an imbalanced, irregular form.
Actually, Elisabeth, the optical image is more colourful.
Thanks Elisabeth. The optical image is not as clear as this infrared, but is still phenomenal.
OR.... GOD made a sign for us, showing the way!! OR....the Starship Enterprise got stranded!!
Unless this image has been distorted, which I doubt, this most amazing galaxy must have suffered massive disturbance during formation.
I agree with the comments. The 2 bright spots lower right are #lensing of a remote galaxy. Truly beautiful!!
I'm not sure whether the red elliptical galaxy top left is #merging with or #overlapping the subject galaxy.
There seems to be a feature #merging into the subject galaxy on the left that has caused massive disturbance, with huge irregularity in form
I think so, dderek. It might just be an #overlap, though.
The edge-on, smaller galaxy seems to be #overlapping the larger, more remote, face-on one.
There seems to be new star clusters on the right side of the subject galaxy, making it seem imbalanced. Nice image of the closer spiral.
I'm not sure what the 3 or 4 bright, tiny spots just right of the core of the galaxy are, but they don't seem to belong.
There seems to be a small galaxy #merging with the subject spiral.
The new star clusters are mostly at the bottom left. The spiral galaxy above seems to have a #merging with an elliptical.
A most unusual galaxy with the newly forming star clusters almost exclusively on one side. There are others around it, but the spread is odd
The arms at the top are extending well out of this galaxy in an irregular, disturbed way: they seem to be torn outward by some massive force
WOW!! An amazing image. The red elliptical galaxy is well #merged with the spiral galaxy, causing disturbance with an arm on that side.
No: there are at least 2 arms; the other is light & disturbed.
The blue new star ring has an extension coming outside the galaxy on the left side! The small galaxy on the right is #lensed on both sides.
These galaxies may be #merging or #overlapping. The blue region at their junction may be #lensing, concentrated by the combined masses.
The red feature is either #merging or #overlapping the large galaxy, which has another feature (a cluster?) at the bottom.
I make out the blue new star cluster at the top with normal mass in the centre, a small galaxy maybe #merging below & another to the right.
The near side of this galaxy appears to be rimmed with newly formed stars (blue in colour).
The central subject galaxy appears normal, but the lower one seems to be oblong, with the left & right sides flattened.
The subject galaxy has no features, but the top left one with a gravitational lens is outstanding.
for the radial sections.
The entire lower part of this galaxy appears to have been greatly disturbed, with separate sections in line & the outer arm disconnected but
A very disturbed galaxy, with the lower right arm closing back in on the inner one and #tidal #debris on the lower left (separate clusters).
The subject galaxy appears to be disturbed in the right side: there seems to be 2 proportionally massive clusters separated by dust lanes.
The subject galaxy may be #merging with another. Nice artefact, ElsabethB!
There's a lot happening around this galaxy: it's irregular, it has a small object either #merging with it on the left, or being torn out.
An extremely disturbed galaxy laden with star forming clusters & another small galaxy beginning to #merge, or #tidal #debris. Very irregular
I see that, too. I'm not as sure that it's a nucleus. An #overlapped object, maybe? A cluster of older stars?
It appears to be an #Einstein Ring encompassing the central mass of this galaxy.
An unusually red centre with a small attached galaxy, similar to the Magellenic Clouds with our galaxy.
It must be a super energy to square the corners of a rotating massive spiral galaxy!!! I'll check that link out.
This galaxy has an unusually massive bar. Very cool, though. A nice new star forming cluster on the right.
An unusually bright, dominant galactic centre illuminating the ring surrounding it. The blue spot I think is #overlapping the feature.
Good point, although these features may not be #merging. They are bound together. They may #merge, spread apart or keep orbiting each other.
The feature at top left seems to be a separated star cluster that maybe #tidal debris.
left could be a #merger. Otherwise, it's a disturbance. A beautiful image.
Not just that, but the arc on the right is a galaxy #lens. They often are separated from the host lensing galaxy. The blue 'flick' on the
Wonderful. Odd colour for a #lens, but is without question. Go to SPACE WARPS if you want to see some lenses & help find more.
I can see the galactic centre between the 2 larger clusters, so I suggest that the big ones are just that. It could also be the angle we're
seeing it from that makes it look imbalanced or distorted.
An almost perfect ring of star mass, with either a cluster of old stars or an #overlap on the right.
This is an extremely remote galaxy, probably well toward the other side of the universe. If its light had passed near a closer galaxy, this
would be a bright blue arc shaped lens.
I don't think the spot on the right is a #merger, but an #overlap.
Not a #merger, but an #overlap.
There's no #merging here, but only #overlapping. The lower star forming arm seems to be disturbed & separated with a right angle in it.
The subject galaxy is very distant & lacks enough detail to comment, but the beautiful lower one has many new star clusters.
Anyway: the subject galaxy is very disturbed with massive new star clusters that appear torn out of the galaxy on the right side.
these galaxies pass close to each other & caused this disturbance on each galaxy & are now moving apart?
The lefthand separated spiral is certainly the result of tidal forces. The righthand arm of the bottom galaxy is also tidally disturbed. Did
appears to be separated from the main bulk of the galaxy by either a massive dust line or a disturbance that's drawn a section away.
This close-up is fuzzy, but the spirals can be seen, esp. the upper & left side ones, which are massively disproportionate. The left one
This appears to be either #merging or #overlapping galaxies, but the bright blue spot is a lens of a remote galaxy.
This may be both AND tidal debris.
This galaxy certainly isn't usual: it seems to contain several concentric rings, the outermost doesn't seem to finish the orbit.
I think this is an #overlap.
These are VERY interesting clusters: the left one seems to almost make up a galaxy, the others seem to be attached by a 'V' shaped anomaly.
The bright yellow-green coloured arc near the galactic centre is a #lens of a remote galaxy.
This fascinating image seems to be of an #overlap with a red feature.
This is a very disturbed galaxy: the left side appears open, the right side appears separated by a massive dust line.
interest. It looks like it's too bright to be a star cluster, so may only be an image spot, like those all over the image.
The large galaxy certainly has massive clusters of new forming stars, but it's the relative size of the cluster in the small one that has my
Although this image is very fuzzy, it appears these galaxies are #merging.
around the top. The diversity of the other galaxies are each a subject for discussion.
This is an amazing group of galaxies of most types. The subject central one has newly forming star clusters & a massive arm extending away
I don't know what an #AGN is, but I'll vote for a #merger occurring of 2 spirals about to transform into one massive elliptical galaxy.
The massive blue region on the right may be a #merger or an #overlap.
It appears that the central 3 silver galaxies are gravitationally bond, with the closest possibly #merging. The dim red spot is #overlapped.
I think the larger galaxy is #overlapping the others. The small spiral doesn't have a ring, but the arms come close to circular.
The star clusters appear to be only around the lower left side of this galaxy, which unbalances the mass & may be disturbing its structure.
white spot on the right that appears to be #merged with the right core, as a short arm extends toward the spot, so I'll suggest a #merging.
This is a classic double cored galaxy, but there's no bar connecting them & the only visible arms are below the right hand core. There is a
This galaxy seems to comprise a central globular mass surrounded by a ring of newer stars.
If these galaxies aren't merging, then they also aren't at the same distance. They appear to be linked by gravity, so I go with #mergers.
Awesome #merger!!
The subject galaxy in the centre is ordinary, but the 2 #merging below are AWESOME!!!
This appears to be a young galaxy in the process of drawing its star mass together.
These galaxies appear to be about to #merge.
large galaxy & the tiny deep blue spot above the big galaxy's core seems to be an image issue.
No: the central galaxy is much further away than the top one. It seems that the 2 blue spots above the smaller galaxy are #overlapping the
bursting erupting from the core's black hole.
The central plane of this young galaxy appears to be on a very acute angle to the main galactic mass. The bright blue spot may be a gas jet
This seemingly insignificant image appears to be an extremely distant spiral galaxy that seems to have a ring @ centre with outer spirals.
These galaxies appear to be #merging, but may only be #overlapping.
The blue feature at top may be either a cluster or small galaxy #merging or a closer object #overlapping the galaxy.
A very imbalanced galaxy, all of the new star forming clusters are on the right side!
The new star forming clusters on the right side appear not to be balanced on the left. The red spot is an #overlap, most likely a near star
the right is only spiral star forming clusters encircling the galaxy.
The red object in the centre is a very remote spiral galaxy seen edge-on, the upturned edge is gravitational light diffraction. The blue on
The right hand galaxy is young (lots of blue star formation) & is still growing. The triangular mass appears to do with the extended arm.
The attached feature to the upper left appears to be either a #merging smaller galaxy or massive #tidal debris
I agree with ElisabethB. It's still an interesting image. The tiny bright spot lower right over the galaxy is also a star in our galaxy.
There's a 'hook' of gas/dust/stars coming off either the galaxy or the white feature.
These galaxies appear to be about to merge. The larger galaxy is not evenly balanced.
The small orange feature (a galaxy?) with a gas/star field lined in front & a bright quasar lens on its right. The strangest image I've seen
An image made interesting by the yellow galaxy in the foreground.
The subject galaxy is pretty ordinary, but the binary star set makes this image a 'keeper'.
Being so fuzzy, it's hard to tell if these are #merging or #overlapping. I'm going with the latter, because of lack of disturbance.
This galaxy grouping is interesting if only for the different colours & shapes of the galaxies.
I'd be #disturbed if you thought this is a #merger! Actually, it seems to simply be a spiral galaxy with new star clusters inside.
Well...in that case, I'd tick the #group & #overlap boxes.
If this image was in focus, this galaxy would be stunningly beautiful. The string of new star clusters seems to be extending out & above.
Not merges, but #overlaps of a tight grouping of galaxies.
All of that + totally imbalanced mass distribution, extended lower arm, oddly formed new star clusters & another amazing young galaxy behind
It's too blurry to say if this is a #merger or #overlap, but the feature on the left hand side may be closer than the subject galaxy.
As blurry as this image is, it appears that there is a #lens on the bottom right edge of this spiral galaxy.
Here's absolute evidence of a UFO traversing the cosmos, the image registering its light trail, or not.
The bright spot may only be a star in the foreground, but it also looks very much like a lens of a quasar.
Any way you look at this, it's not like anything I've seen before, & I'm approaching 50,000 images of space objects.
Very good, Terrance! I could suggest it is a cross-over to another plane, or that it's absolute evidence of the Risen Christ, but maybe not.
Whatever this proves to be, it's a very complicated formation of the most magnificent structures in our wonderful universe!
OK: I picked these blue spots to be #lenses of a quasar, just like we've been trained to recognise in 'Space Warps'.
The warp on the upper edge will be either a newly forming star cluster being drawn in, or this is really a well lit airplane in a dive!!
Again, ElisabethB has the right of it: this is an edge-on view of a spiral galaxy with a predominance of newly forming star clusters.
Beautiful, anyway. dziakj1 seems to have the right of it.
How Enterprising of you dudes!! Maybe the Clingons finally succeeded!! Something obviously has, 'cos this is one disturbed feature!
ElisabethB is right: no lenses here, but one of the most magnificent images we're likely to see!! The small gap below the core is odd.
Although it's neither a jet or motorcycle in the sky(!), this fabulous image reminds us why we LOVE this project! Beautiful #overlap!!
The full image on the link given below by kuyanik (THANK YOU for that!) shows this & other magnificent images, IN FULL!!
A magnificent image of an #overlap of 2 beautiful galaxies. It's this imagery that I joined this project to see!
The feature to the left appears to be a #merging object & the blue patch bottom right is probably a #lens. The image is too blurry to tell.
Is the small blue spot bottom left a lens? The image is too blurry to tell, as there are other blue background spots & lines, too.
I'll go with you guys.
#merger or #overlap? That is the question.
Lovely image, regardless of it's actual origin.
It appears the blue feature at the left edge of this spiral galaxy is a lens, but the image is so blurry, it's hard to tell.
Thank you, darshanchandekar (could you find a shorter name?): Blue_Crew does talk in hyper-terminology! I doubt anyone understands it!!
The blue spots around the top galaxy are the lenses of a distant but massive quasar (extremely high energy pulsing galaxy).
I agree with marssociety (love that pseudonym!): tidal forces in the subject galaxy. As for the 'bluish octopus': WOW! Them's some lenses!!!
This is probably much denser than it appears in this image, & what seems to be a ring may rather be spirals.
The small feature in the right side of this galaxy has either merged with it or is a massive star cluster or even a 2nd core.
I've no idea what Blue_Crew means, but it does appear that the galaxy lower right may be merging with the subject galaxy, or an #overlap.
There appears to be an object merging with the subject galaxy in the bottom edge, but this may be an #overlap.
A nice little cluster/group.
this a new spiral galaxy coming together, drawing in new star clusters & small new galaxies? Are we witnessing a galactic birth?
This has to be THE MOST FASCINATING object in the universe!!! Yes: it's newly forming. Yes: there's merging. Yes: there's disturbance. Is
The image is too unfocused to tell if these features are merging. There appears to be something happening.
That appears to be what's about to happen here, maybe in as little as 100,000,000 years! DON'T INVEST IN REAL ESTATE HERE!!!!
There appears to be a bridge of stars going from one to the other, causing distortion to the lower galaxy.
What appears to be the core of this galaxy is off-centre; ie. it's imbalanced, with the main mass to the left.
The bright blue spot is a much closer feature than the vastly distant spiral galaxy. It may be a quasar.
There seems to be a new star cluster far right side of this galaxy with more new star mass on the left.
What an amazing image!!! A 'star attraction'!
Anyway, there's a ring feature with this galaxy that possesses a bright star cluster mass that isn't balanced on the other side.
I agree with #overlapping.
If this is lensing, it's the weirdest I've seen in over 13,000 lenses!! Spiral clustering would be my pick.
It would be easy to misinterpret the 2 orange spots #overlapping this beautiful young galaxy. A red dwarf binary?
It's quite beautiful. The red/orange colouring is suggestive of great distance. The vertical shaft looks like an oversized bar, but isn't.
It's difficult to tell if the feature at the lower right is the same distance away as the subject galaxy, so it may be a #merger or #overlap
An actively renewing galaxy with many blue star forming clusters among the older star mass.
I don't know what agn stands for, but this galaxy's core black hole is very active.
This newly forming galaxy appears to also have a gravitational lens on its top edge.
I think ZooBill has it right: there's no sign of collision, so it's an #overlap. The blue spot seems to be a much closer feature.
I agree with graham d: the colliding galaxy is at right angles to the younger front galaxy. It has new star clusters dipping at the right
This is a tight group of elliptical galaxies of different ages & energies. Beautiful!
A beautiful spiral with a high percentage of new star forming clusters.
This spiral galaxy is very disturbed & imbalanced, enough to suggest it may be transforming into an elliptical galaxy. The top is folding.
Another tight group of elliptical galaxies, with some appearing to #merge. This entire group may yet become 1 massive elliptical galaxy.
This is a very tight galactic group, with the 3 subject ellipticals inline. The larger, nearer galaxy is very active.
The large spiral is being #overlapped by the subject feature. The #dustlanes sure show up in the big galaxy. Not much new star formation.
One of the most colourful #overlaps you could hope to see.
Not just that, but it seems to be #lensing a much more distant feature on the edge of its core.
This is a classic merger of 2 spiral galaxies.
This collection of young star clusters among older, orange star concentrations is very lovely to see.
What an AMAZING image!! This galaxy group/cluster is outstanding, especially the fuzzy yellow abstract: artwork.
I love BIG ORANGE! The tiny, very remote subject galaxy is well #overlapped.
This image is as close to perfectly edge-on as you can get! No dust band evident.
An outstanding image. All that you people have said says it all.
This is a strange feature! It may be a spiral galaxy, but it's well deformed & unbalanced, so I'm not so sure.
The clusters of newly formed stars emphasise the spirals. The bright spot is an #overlap of a much closer feature. The core is very dim.
It seems the spirals have become concentrated & joined, then looped all the way around, as Elisabeth suggests, to become an attached ring
The small galaxy top left seems to be drawing stars off the upper right arm, with a thin mass of connecting stars between.
I would love to know what the 2-tones in the bright feature are about.
The subject is the tiny elliptical galaxy in the centre, just above the 2-toned bright feature. As razer812 noted: a galactic cluster.
The feature at the bottom left is an #overlap.
There seems to be a lens on the right side.
The red feature at the left edge may be a gravitational lens, not blue but red because of the immense distance to the feature being lensed.
What a beautiful shot!!
There appears to be a lens arc at the top edge of this galaxy, yet it also has striations off it.
The spot in the right arm seems to have caused that arm to extend straight & well out of the galactic mass.
If these are stars, where are the flare spikes that always accompany images of stars? How about #overlapping elliptical galaxies?
This is either a #merger, an #overlap or a #binary.
Great shot of the 2 orange ellipticals & what appears to be a gravitational lens between them.
This galaxy is interesting for the lack of spirals. Its core black hole is super-active. There's a mass extending up from the core.
There is a massive star concentration on the far right that could be mistaken for a 2nd. core, but is in fact only a cluster in an arm.
The huge gap that appears to separate the lower arm is actually not devoid of stars, but they are much less densely set.
Either that or this is a starshot. going by the flares, I reckon it's a star.
The upper arm is disjointed & extends a very long way out.
A lovely young galaxy making new, hot stars.
I'm not sure if this is a #merger or #overlap, but it's one to collect for its looks!
An alternative is that the top star mass is spinning out of the main body, robbing stars through the bar & distorting the arm.
The massive star cluster directly above the centre appears to be a merging feature connected by a bar to the centre & has drawn the arm out.
This beautiful young galaxy has numerous star forming clusters, esp. along the top arm, which has extended out from the spiral form.
The 2 bright blue spots are gravitational lenses of a quasar.
attached to the other side of it! A galactic 3-some?
This is a fascinating image! It seems that the small yellow feature is merging into the orange galaxy & that appears to have a light feature
This could be either a #merger or #overlap. The fact that the yellow feature is somewhat hidden suggests an #overlap.
This galaxy has an extensive bar between the spirals, but the separated star clusters are of interest. Tidal outwash?
Violent but beautiful, building new life. This is an extraordinary image!
The arm at the top seems to extend far enough out to give this relatively young galaxy an irregular, unbalanced appearance.
There is at least 1 separated star cluster in this relatively young galaxy.
It seems that the flat feature at the bottom is much further away than the subject galaxy.
Either this galaxy has 2 cores, or it's #merging with a smaller feature.
A very imbalanced galactic mass here!
The orange spot appears to be a much closer feature #overlapping the subject galaxy.
What a fascinating image!! The bright spot is a much closer, young elliptical galaxy (therefore very active).
I agree with Notes!! Unusually flat edge-on, this spiral does have a slightly raised centre & dark strip cutting it in half (the main mass).
This is a normal spiral galaxy with new stars, & lots of them, being born in the blue clusters. Slightly blurred, but still beautiful.
These features appear to be gravitationally linked neighbours.
The bright blue slightly arched spot seems to be a gravitational #lens associated with the small galaxy it appears as a #binary with.
That's an interesting orange feature #overlapping the subject galaxy.
This 'distortion' may only be a trick of the light.
The bottom arm of this galaxy is flattened, yet the 2 orange spots appear to be semi-encapsulated in another arm, causing the distortion.
An interesting image. a merger or double core?
LOVE the Dali reference!! This certainly is odd. Something weird has happened, either in this galaxy's formation or later.
All interesting comments. Notice that the arm encircling the feature IS DISTORTED & that arm continues, completely enclosing it. 2nd core.
Again I ask why there's no flare spikes that always accompany star images, unless this image is in Infrared or Ultraviolet light??
in front of the older, more distant galaxy. You can see the #overlap of the blue arm with absolutely no distortion.
No: they aren't merging. Their masses aren't distorted as they would be in a merger. The left side arm of the much closer galaxy is going
Actually, the upward thrusted arm has separation on the outer edge, creating another arm.
I think there's 2 arms, but one has been twisted upward by a massive disturbance, possibly a near-miss of another galaxy?
All of what graham d says. One of the most interesting images.
A beautiful spiral with new star formations.
There is a bright blue lens above the distant galaxy upper right. The tiny green spot in the subject galaxy is interesting.
It appears that the bright cream spot inside on the left is actually inside the galaxy, but it could just be a distant object #overlapped
Are these images taken in Infra red or Ultraviolet & does that explain the bright greens & reds??
Awesome!! But why are there no glare spikes that always occur in images of stars??
The mass on the right side of this galaxy may be a very distant other galaxy in #overlap, or a potential merger may be about to occur.
The bright spot is a quasar lens. The tiny, thin arc may be a refraction of that lens.
#bar but maybe no #merger: the smaller, more remote galaxy maybe being #overlapped by the subject galaxy.
If these galaxies aren't merging, then they are gravitationally linked.
refraction of the light from the more distant tiny one that has the brilliant concentration of the yet more remote quasar's light.
The brilliant blue lens arc on the tiny galaxy upper right is from a quasar. A tiny, thin arc is on the upper left of the main galaxy is a
A good example of an older galaxy with many clusters of newly forming stars, proving regeneration in old masses.
The top of this galaxy image has greater bulk than the bottom. It's a spiral arm, but isn't balanced on the other side.
Although it's a very blurred image, the thick centre & what seems to be a projection out of the top, makes me think there may be a merger.
It seems that the small elliptical galaxy at the top is about to collide with the subject disc, although it may be offset forward or back.
Unusually, this smooth disc is displaying an obvious central bulge that makes it worthy of collecting.
Nicely defined #dustlane
This image captures the merger of at least 2 galaxies or this galaxy has an extensive bar with mass at each end. Love the 2 quasars in front
A fascinating galaxy that has new star formation primarily on one side (left) that is also the most massive side with at least 3 arms.
If this isn't a merger, then it has to be gravitationally locked galaxies.
An ancient galaxy being rejuvenated with new star growth in the blue zones.
This beautiful galaxy really shows off the new star forming areas in most of the spirals (the blue areas).
This image captures 3 galaxies that appear to be merging, but it may be them overlapping thanks to the angle we see them.
A wonderful image of a large region of close elliptical galaxies with a few spirals.
ions in the relative planes through the lower galaxy are highly likely the initial folding of it into the elliptical galaxy they both become
A beautiful rendering of 2 spiral galaxies colliding edge-on causing the generation of new star development in the blue zones. The distort-
This is a wonderful set of ancient, distant elliptical galaxies. The bright white ones are much closer, but still inside the group.
What seems to be the impacting galaxy, the one on top, doesn't seem to have a concentrated centre, so no black hole power source?
Having seen the widefield view, the newly forming group of newly forming star clusters (all of the blue) is an unusual , rare system.
It appears that the 2 centres here may be merging ellipticals or a twin-cored quasar (if such a thing is possible).
This elliptical galaxy has a very dense central bar housing a very active black hole, or so it appears.
The yellow elliptical galaxy is the highlight among many of different colours, suggesting this is an ancient part of our universe, so remote
I'm not sure why there's the blue patch in the left side mass of this galaxy, but it may be new star formation.
An even cooler quasar lensed through the nice disc galaxy in the form of the blue spot in the edge of disc.
This is a really tight group of galaxies, but the 2 bright blue quasars really make this image fly!
Certainly the central section is much denser & brighter than the outer mass.
Unusually, the spirals are defined by the newly forming star clusters. The main, fuzzy mass of this galaxy is composed of old, yellow stars.
I like that the spirals are so well defined.
This beautiful young galaxy is also imbalanced in lateral star distribution & the central plane is ~20* flatter than the main mass.
This image is difficult to determine, but the subject galaxy appears to be merging with at least one of the others in the group.
The orange cluster lower right of the subject galaxy may be a tidal outcast or a distant galaxy overlap.
There may be a lens of a distant galaxy on the upper right of this galaxy, which may be elliptical or a fuzzy spiral.
The subject elliptical galaxy has a deep blue curve to its right, between it & the bright white feature, & an overlap to the lower right.
There appears to be a smaller feature imbedded in this elliptical galaxy. The red cluster may be more distant & this is an overlap.
This beautiful spiral galaxy has an older central star field, determined by the yellow-cream zone, with younger stars in the blue spirals.
This is NOT A STAR, but a very high density elliptical galaxy that displays its intense core.
#overlap
lock that make them appear closer than they really are from our point in space, but I prefer the UFO prospect!!
I go with the UFOs in formation! Maybe the crystal Mothership with gravitational linkage! Or it could be 3 elliptical galaxies in a gravity
It seems that the yellow spherical cluster is either merging with this galaxy or has cast adrift. Otherwise it's a passing traveller.
This image appears to be a very close group of elliptical galaxies that are on the other side of the universe, going by the redshift! Cool.
just out of this image. The purple/red core is the immense energy output from this galaxy's massive black hole.
This is a zoomed-in closeup of the galactic centre that appears to be the central bar of a much larger spiral galaxy with a star/gas ring
The central plane of this galaxy out to & including the star ring is relatively flat, where the outer mass is on a different plane, ~10*.
be a very dense elliptical galaxy with a photon beam directed at us (that's the purple spot), emitting from the black hole at its core.
It seems strange for a star, as there are no light glare spikes that always associate with direct shots of stars. It appears more likely to
This is of the strangest shape, like it's a group of small elliptical galaxies clumped together by gravity to form this 'broken heart' shape
This is a real gem: a young spiral galaxy still in the prime of star formation. The hazy blob lower right may be a distant galaxy.
Interesting clusters in the lower galaxy; most appear to be just outside the body of the galaxy itself.
only beginning to merge, but it seems one is robbing stars from the other, as often happens with galaxies in such proximity. Lensing? Well..
It appears that the blue ring around the centre of the lower galaxy is just that: a ring of star/gas concentration. These galaxies are not
I'm fascinated by the bright red blob extending out of the bottom of this galaxy. There's a cluster on the right edge that seems separated.
There seems to be a very long arm extending away around the bottom & to the right that's out of balance with the rest of the galaxy.
It sure appears that the orange is crashing into the bigger blue galaxy. They both show faint spirals & clusters.
a photon jet directly at us, or not. It could be a poor image of a star as you predicted, 'coz some of these shots are ?? lovely colour, tho
Impressive stuff, Elizabeth!! I think we're looking at a very densely populated elliptical galaxy with the black hole at the core streaming
image. The blue concentrations of stars in the spirals appear clustered. There's also a lighter cluster lower left that may not be attached.
According to a scientist's comment 17 days ago, we can't see globular clusters, but I'll throw in here that I'm seeing those here with this
spiral that appears to be merging at right angles on the left isn't , but is instead totally separate!! You got me there!!
That's very interesting re all being galaxies. So the blue hook on the right isn't a concentration of stars that have been torn away & the
This spiral galaxy is disturbed, maybe so much that one arm has been disconnected bottom left. Or that is another galaxy merging edge-on.
The feature at the bottom may be a cluster of stars cast off during the merger creating a small elliptical galaxy gravity bound to the host.
This galaxy seems to be caught between transferring from a spiral to an elliptical galaxy, caused by a previous merger with another spiral.
It also has an unusual pattern in the lower dustfield that appears to bulge the galaxy outward on that side.
mass is out of balance with more on the upper left, again suggestive of a previous merger.
This galaxy's mass is boosted by the accumulation of these bright blue star concentrations that may be remnants of an ancient merger. It's
distant one being lensed is about the same size or mass as the nearer on lensing its light.
The green feature is a dense small spiral galaxy that has a large single lensed distant galaxy off-centre at the bottom, suggesting the
The spiral arm at the bottom appears to end in a very large cluster only slightly denser than the main star field in the galaxy.
ionally attached to the subject galaxy, but I doubt the feature above is. It appears to be a very distant separate galaxy.
This is a fine looking galaxy with the dense mass clusters in the spiral arms almost forming a ring. The small feature below seems gravitat-
small feature above right of the subject galaxy may be gravitationally connected to the main galaxy.
The core seems to be accompanied by a small elliptical galaxy that's difficult to tell if it's merging or is not attached & closer. The
I'm not convinced the bright blue spot is a quasar lens linked with the disjointed blue spot lower left or it's just a closer blue star.
And sunny-side up! The central core is unusually 3D in appearance: VERY COOL.
Extraordinary galaxy. The dense massed star clumps aren't evenly distributed which may suggest a previous disturbance.
The blue clump chains are fascinating: they curve off their host galaxies & appear to be completely separate below the feature galaxies.
The feature galaxy & the edge-on one top left show a blue central plane owing to the mass concentration along it.
This is a really interesting image showing clumps of star concentrations (the blue patches), both in the object galaxy & the one above it.
are incredibly intense. Check out 'Space Warps' for info about galactic lensing. I've checked 13,000 images & lenses come in many shapes.
The two bright blue spots are quasar lens images (standard for quasars to be in pairs or double pairs). They're so bright because quasars
This image clearly shows a bright bar, a separated cluster of stars on the left that seem to be left behind & an arm that's broken off
I'm less sure of tidal debris, but these galaxies are merging. One has at least one large spiral arm, which is also odd.
A very interesting clumpy galaxy like no other I've yet seen. Most of the clumps seem separated & not on the same plane as the main disc.
A very unusual shaped galaxy chain with what appears to be a gravitationally attached, but physically separate, clump.
This is an unusual image that may only be a star (the centre is extremely pronounced), but if it's a galaxy, then it's REALLY interesting!!!
The pink line through the middle of this elliptical galaxy may be a dust lane or a dramatic shift in the light passing an energy field.
This galaxy seems to be lensing a remote galaxy on the lower left side, showing as the bright blue patch.
There appears to be a bright orange strip or globular mass inside the main galactic mass.
This galaxy is surrounded by a hazy 'halo' of dust, gas or stars & yet the central section is well defined & bright.
The central spiral galaxy is the largest feature, yet the dimmest in this colourful group.
sure about the bright red feature.
This collection of different coloured features is AMAZING!! The 6 white globes appear to be gravitationally bound to the yellow one. I'm not
I've marked a possible merger of the small blue feature with the main galaxy, but this may not be right. It may not be attached at all.
These features seem to be gravitationally bound. The central one has a profusion of clumps spirally & the blue strip of light may be a lens.
There appears to be two centres in this galaxy, but I can't see enough detail to choose what it may be.
This pair of very distant galaxies may be at least gravitationally bound, if not beginning to merge.
The bright object below the feature galaxy appears to be lensing a quasar: blue dots either side of it.
The small feature top right of the main object may be gravitationally connected.
Apart from the two bright spots either side of this galaxy, there's a distant dim red object just showing through above the centre.
This galaxy appears to have considerably more mass on the right side, in the form of massive globules.
This unique galaxy appears to be a spiral with massive lensing of a remote massive galaxy, possibly a quasar.
This merger is unique because the larger galaxy is clumpy & very irregular in shape.
This is an interesting image of what appears to be 2 discs & an anomalous curved feature below.
The central bulge appears to be an Einstein Ring!
These large & small galaxies are gravitationally linked, with a remote galaxy lensed between, shown as a blue curved strip of light.
An active galaxy with lots of new star formation, as well as an apparent #merger upper left & a distant galaxy at the bottom
There seems to be a disturbance to the inner/middle upper arms: the flow seems to 'lift' for a way.
#AGN. Not sure about the bright spot to the right of centre, but I think it's a star, maybe in front?
#AGN: extremely bright centre that seems to light-up the entire galaxy.
#AGN & a #spherical-galaxy that is semi-transparent, as you can see a #spiral-galaxy through it.
#AGN
Possible #merger, or an #overlap. #ring around the centre.
AGN
This galaxy is an irregular #spiral, without a #bulge, #bar nor are its spirals regular. It is young, dominated by blue new stars.
MASSIVE #spiral with some #irregularity out at the edges.
#irregular, #disturbed with lots of #star_formation, off-centre #bar, MASSIVE galaxy.
This is a MASSIVE galaxy!! That arm going out on top is fascinating.
The 2 bright spots each side of the central mass suggest there's a #bar across it.
The main disc seems to be not on the same plane as the core.
This galaxy is very imbalanced: there is much more mass in the heavy arm & lighter star mass underneath.
There seems to be 'smudges' above & below this galaxy along with the lower arm showing tidal debris. I'm not sure about the spot at top.
There appears to be an extra arm on the RHS & a very thin/light arm well out on the LHS.
2 anomalies on the left hand side: 2 green dots & a small green line.
There appears to be an anomaly with the green slash through the left hand side, with more pink ones over the bottom of the image.
The blue spots are clusters of newly forming stars
top right is merging with the subject galaxy & this maybe energising/generating some of the new stars forming
The blue spots are newly forming stars in massive clusters, but at least 3 are well out & off the meridian. The disc approaching from the
The blue spots appear to be newly forming stars, but at least 3 are well out in the perimeter region, which is unusual
This seems to be a very old galaxy with several clusters of bright new stars being created in 2 of its arms in particular.
Not only is this one of the best lenses I've seen in over 16,000 galaxy/lens classifications, but it's the 1st I've seen around 2 galaxies!!
This is an odd series of galaxies that appear to be connected lineally ie in a row & appear to be bound to the same gravitational centre.
It appears there's an arm extending well out to the left that seems to be separated (#tidal debris?).
It's NOT a star: it has parallel lines & dots in it!!! Either it's a data graphic anomaly or a UFO!!!
There appears to be an arm extending away from the spiral disc with a feature attached at its end. The red spot is a star in our galaxy.
There appears to be star clusters in the train of the lower arm that may be #tidal #debris.
I'm not sure if the yellow feature is #merging or #overlapping.
This galaxy appears to have star masses extending vertically instead of the normal flat spiral. Could it be transforming into an elliptical?
'feathery'. The spiral arms are lighter & less solid, not going in spiral form.
A beautiful spiral galaxy with an oval ring around the centre. The outer part of the lower side is different to the upper side: it's more
This is an unusual group of galaxies & stars, making it a lovely image.
The lower arm has 2 or 3 gaps that may be dust lanes or full separation breaks, suggesting a previous disturbance.
end, but that's all!!! It seems this galaxy is newly forming & has yet to develop into a full spiral galaxy.
This is an unusual galaxy in that it appears to be comprised of a centre with a bar extending out both sides & the start of spirals @ each
No #lens here, but an imbalance of new forming star clusters ranging along mostly one side of the galaxy.
This fascinating galaxy has either strange features imbedded in it, or these red features are #overlapping the subject galaxy.
the separate feature underneath appears to have been torn away by an ancient disturbance. The bottom features may also be associated.
cluster of newly forming stars attached (the blue spot). The red spot seems to be a distant spherical galaxy #overlapped by the subject &
This galaxy appears to have another smaller one #merging or massive disturbance has separated a large segment that has itself a massive
What's an SBb-type galaxy?
What a beautiful image, of a star, I think.
This beautiful galaxy is well distorted & irregular. Some incredible force has warped its development to cause the near right angled turn.
This galaxy is irregular in shape, which suggests massive force conjunction. I wonder if the red feature may be the unsub?
A beautiful spiral galaxy with a very bright, active core.
A beautiful pair of spiral galaxies that, like the Milkyway & Andromeda; close but safe.
I think the bright blue spot #overlapping the edge-on galaxy may be a star from our galaxy.
A lovely galaxy with a yellow feature either #merging with its lower edge, or the smaller feature is #overlapping it.
I'm not so sure about a #merger, but the #tidal_tail stands out, as well as the almost separated feature to the left.
A very disturbed galaxy with uneven, dispersed clusters of stars creating an imbalanced, irregular form.
Actually, Elisabeth, the optical image is more colourful.
Thanks Elisabeth. The optical image is not as clear as this infrared, but is still phenomenal.
OR.... GOD made a sign for us, showing the way!! OR....the Starship Enterprise got stranded!!
Unless this image has been distorted, which I doubt, this most amazing galaxy must have suffered massive disturbance during formation.
I agree with the comments. The 2 bright spots lower right are #lensing of a remote galaxy. Truly beautiful!!
I'm not sure whether the red elliptical galaxy top left is #merging with or #overlapping the subject galaxy.
There seems to be a feature #merging into the subject galaxy on the left that has caused massive disturbance, with huge irregularity in form
I think so, dderek. It might just be an #overlap, though.
The edge-on, smaller galaxy seems to be #overlapping the larger, more remote, face-on one.
There seems to be new star clusters on the right side of the subject galaxy, making it seem imbalanced. Nice image of the closer spiral.
I'm not sure what the 3 or 4 bright, tiny spots just right of the core of the galaxy are, but they don't seem to belong.
There seems to be a small galaxy #merging with the subject spiral.
The new star clusters are mostly at the bottom left. The spiral galaxy above seems to have a #merging with an elliptical.
A most unusual galaxy with the newly forming star clusters almost exclusively on one side. There are others around it, but the spread is odd
The arms at the top are extending well out of this galaxy in an irregular, disturbed way: they seem to be torn outward by some massive force
WOW!! An amazing image. The red elliptical galaxy is well #merged with the spiral galaxy, causing disturbance with an arm on that side.
No: there are at least 2 arms; the other is light & disturbed.
The blue new star ring has an extension coming outside the galaxy on the left side! The small galaxy on the right is #lensed on both sides.
These galaxies may be #merging or #overlapping. The blue region at their junction may be #lensing, concentrated by the combined masses.
The red feature is either #merging or #overlapping the large galaxy, which has another feature (a cluster?) at the bottom.
I make out the blue new star cluster at the top with normal mass in the centre, a small galaxy maybe #merging below & another to the right.
The near side of this galaxy appears to be rimmed with newly formed stars (blue in colour).
The central subject galaxy appears normal, but the lower one seems to be oblong, with the left & right sides flattened.
The subject galaxy has no features, but the top left one with a gravitational lens is outstanding.
for the radial sections.
The entire lower part of this galaxy appears to have been greatly disturbed, with separate sections in line & the outer arm disconnected but
A very disturbed galaxy, with the lower right arm closing back in on the inner one and #tidal #debris on the lower left (separate clusters).
The subject galaxy appears to be disturbed in the right side: there seems to be 2 proportionally massive clusters separated by dust lanes.
The subject galaxy may be #merging with another. Nice artefact, ElsabethB!
There's a lot happening around this galaxy: it's irregular, it has a small object either #merging with it on the left, or being torn out.
An extremely disturbed galaxy laden with star forming clusters & another small galaxy beginning to #merge, or #tidal #debris. Very irregular
I see that, too. I'm not as sure that it's a nucleus. An #overlapped object, maybe? A cluster of older stars?
It appears to be an #Einstein Ring encompassing the central mass of this galaxy.
An unusually red centre with a small attached galaxy, similar to the Magellenic Clouds with our galaxy.
It must be a super energy to square the corners of a rotating massive spiral galaxy!!! I'll check that link out.
This galaxy has an unusually massive bar. Very cool, though. A nice new star forming cluster on the right.
An unusually bright, dominant galactic centre illuminating the ring surrounding it. The blue spot I think is #overlapping the feature.
Good point, although these features may not be #merging. They are bound together. They may #merge, spread apart or keep orbiting each other.
The feature at top left seems to be a separated star cluster that maybe #tidal debris.
left could be a #merger. Otherwise, it's a disturbance. A beautiful image.
Not just that, but the arc on the right is a galaxy #lens. They often are separated from the host lensing galaxy. The blue 'flick' on the
Wonderful. Odd colour for a #lens, but is without question. Go to SPACE WARPS if you want to see some lenses & help find more.
I can see the galactic centre between the 2 larger clusters, so I suggest that the big ones are just that. It could also be the angle we're
seeing it from that makes it look imbalanced or distorted.
An almost perfect ring of star mass, with either a cluster of old stars or an #overlap on the right.
This is an extremely remote galaxy, probably well toward the other side of the universe. If its light had passed near a closer galaxy, this
would be a bright blue arc shaped lens.
I don't think the spot on the right is a #merger, but an #overlap.
Not a #merger, but an #overlap.
There's no #merging here, but only #overlapping. The lower star forming arm seems to be disturbed & separated with a right angle in it.
The subject galaxy is very distant & lacks enough detail to comment, but the beautiful lower one has many new star clusters.
Anyway: the subject galaxy is very disturbed with massive new star clusters that appear torn out of the galaxy on the right side.
these galaxies pass close to each other & caused this disturbance on each galaxy & are now moving apart?
The lefthand separated spiral is certainly the result of tidal forces. The righthand arm of the bottom galaxy is also tidally disturbed. Did
appears to be separated from the main bulk of the galaxy by either a massive dust line or a disturbance that's drawn a section away.
This close-up is fuzzy, but the spirals can be seen, esp. the upper & left side ones, which are massively disproportionate. The left one
This appears to be either #merging or #overlapping galaxies, but the bright blue spot is a lens of a remote galaxy.
This may be both AND tidal debris.
This galaxy certainly isn't usual: it seems to contain several concentric rings, the outermost doesn't seem to finish the orbit.
I think this is an #overlap.
These are VERY interesting clusters: the left one seems to almost make up a galaxy, the others seem to be attached by a 'V' shaped anomaly.
The bright yellow-green coloured arc near the galactic centre is a #lens of a remote galaxy.
This fascinating image seems to be of an #overlap with a red feature.
This is a very disturbed galaxy: the left side appears open, the right side appears separated by a massive dust line.
interest. It looks like it's too bright to be a star cluster, so may only be an image spot, like those all over the image.
The large galaxy certainly has massive clusters of new forming stars, but it's the relative size of the cluster in the small one that has my
Although this image is very fuzzy, it appears these galaxies are #merging.
around the top. The diversity of the other galaxies are each a subject for discussion.
This is an amazing group of galaxies of most types. The subject central one has newly forming star clusters & a massive arm extending away
I don't know what an #AGN is, but I'll vote for a #merger occurring of 2 spirals about to transform into one massive elliptical galaxy.
The massive blue region on the right may be a #merger or an #overlap.
It appears that the central 3 silver galaxies are gravitationally bond, with the closest possibly #merging. The dim red spot is #overlapped.
I think the larger galaxy is #overlapping the others. The small spiral doesn't have a ring, but the arms come close to circular.
The star clusters appear to be only around the lower left side of this galaxy, which unbalances the mass & may be disturbing its structure.
white spot on the right that appears to be #merged with the right core, as a short arm extends toward the spot, so I'll suggest a #merging.
This is a classic double cored galaxy, but there's no bar connecting them & the only visible arms are below the right hand core. There is a
This galaxy seems to comprise a central globular mass surrounded by a ring of newer stars.
If these galaxies aren't merging, then they also aren't at the same distance. They appear to be linked by gravity, so I go with #mergers.
Awesome #merger!!
The subject galaxy in the centre is ordinary, but the 2 #merging below are AWESOME!!!
This appears to be a young galaxy in the process of drawing its star mass together.
These galaxies appear to be about to #merge.
large galaxy & the tiny deep blue spot above the big galaxy's core seems to be an image issue.
No: the central galaxy is much further away than the top one. It seems that the 2 blue spots above the smaller galaxy are #overlapping the
bursting erupting from the core's black hole.
The central plane of this young galaxy appears to be on a very acute angle to the main galactic mass. The bright blue spot may be a gas jet
This seemingly insignificant image appears to be an extremely distant spiral galaxy that seems to have a ring @ centre with outer spirals.
These galaxies appear to be #merging, but may only be #overlapping.
The blue feature at top may be either a cluster or small galaxy #merging or a closer object #overlapping the galaxy.
A very imbalanced galaxy, all of the new star forming clusters are on the right side!
The new star forming clusters on the right side appear not to be balanced on the left. The red spot is an #overlap, most likely a near star
the right is only spiral star forming clusters encircling the galaxy.
The red object in the centre is a very remote spiral galaxy seen edge-on, the upturned edge is gravitational light diffraction. The blue on
The right hand galaxy is young (lots of blue star formation) & is still growing. The triangular mass appears to do with the extended arm.
The attached feature to the upper left appears to be either a #merging smaller galaxy or massive #tidal debris
I agree with ElisabethB. It's still an interesting image. The tiny bright spot lower right over the galaxy is also a star in our galaxy.
There's a 'hook' of gas/dust/stars coming off either the galaxy or the white feature.
These galaxies appear to be about to merge. The larger galaxy is not evenly balanced.
The small orange feature (a galaxy?) with a gas/star field lined in front & a bright quasar lens on its right. The strangest image I've seen
An image made interesting by the yellow galaxy in the foreground.
The subject galaxy is pretty ordinary, but the binary star set makes this image a 'keeper'.
Being so fuzzy, it's hard to tell if these are #merging or #overlapping. I'm going with the latter, because of lack of disturbance.
This galaxy grouping is interesting if only for the different colours & shapes of the galaxies.
I'd be #disturbed if you thought this is a #merger! Actually, it seems to simply be a spiral galaxy with new star clusters inside.
Well...in that case, I'd tick the #group & #overlap boxes.
If this image was in focus, this galaxy would be stunningly beautiful. The string of new star clusters seems to be extending out & above.
Not merges, but #overlaps of a tight grouping of galaxies.
All of that + totally imbalanced mass distribution, extended lower arm, oddly formed new star clusters & another amazing young galaxy behind
It's too blurry to say if this is a #merger or #overlap, but the feature on the left hand side may be closer than the subject galaxy.
As blurry as this image is, it appears that there is a #lens on the bottom right edge of this spiral galaxy.
Here's absolute evidence of a UFO traversing the cosmos, the image registering its light trail, or not.
The bright spot may only be a star in the foreground, but it also looks very much like a lens of a quasar.
Any way you look at this, it's not like anything I've seen before, & I'm approaching 50,000 images of space objects.
Very good, Terrance! I could suggest it is a cross-over to another plane, or that it's absolute evidence of the Risen Christ, but maybe not.
Whatever this proves to be, it's a very complicated formation of the most magnificent structures in our wonderful universe!
OK: I picked these blue spots to be #lenses of a quasar, just like we've been trained to recognise in 'Space Warps'.
The warp on the upper edge will be either a newly forming star cluster being drawn in, or this is really a well lit airplane in a dive!!
Again, ElisabethB has the right of it: this is an edge-on view of a spiral galaxy with a predominance of newly forming star clusters.
Beautiful, anyway. dziakj1 seems to have the right of it.
How Enterprising of you dudes!! Maybe the Clingons finally succeeded!! Something obviously has, 'cos this is one disturbed feature!
ElisabethB is right: no lenses here, but one of the most magnificent images we're likely to see!! The small gap below the core is odd.
Although it's neither a jet or motorcycle in the sky(!), this fabulous image reminds us why we LOVE this project! Beautiful #overlap!!
The full image on the link given below by kuyanik (THANK YOU for that!) shows this & other magnificent images, IN FULL!!
A magnificent image of an #overlap of 2 beautiful galaxies. It's this imagery that I joined this project to see!
The feature to the left appears to be a #merging object & the blue patch bottom right is probably a #lens. The image is too blurry to tell.
Is the small blue spot bottom left a lens? The image is too blurry to tell, as there are other blue background spots & lines, too.
I'll go with you guys.
#merger or #overlap? That is the question.
Lovely image, regardless of it's actual origin.
It appears the blue feature at the left edge of this spiral galaxy is a lens, but the image is so blurry, it's hard to tell.
Thank you, darshanchandekar (could you find a shorter name?): Blue_Crew does talk in hyper-terminology! I doubt anyone understands it!!
The blue spots around the top galaxy are the lenses of a distant but massive quasar (extremely high energy pulsing galaxy).
I agree with marssociety (love that pseudonym!): tidal forces in the subject galaxy. As for the 'bluish octopus': WOW! Them's some lenses!!!
This is probably much denser than it appears in this image, & what seems to be a ring may rather be spirals.
The small feature in the right side of this galaxy has either merged with it or is a massive star cluster or even a 2nd core.
I've no idea what Blue_Crew means, but it does appear that the galaxy lower right may be merging with the subject galaxy, or an #overlap.
There appears to be an object merging with the subject galaxy in the bottom edge, but this may be an #overlap.
A nice little cluster/group.
this a new spiral galaxy coming together, drawing in new star clusters & small new galaxies? Are we witnessing a galactic birth?
This has to be THE MOST FASCINATING object in the universe!!! Yes: it's newly forming. Yes: there's merging. Yes: there's disturbance. Is
The image is too unfocused to tell if these features are merging. There appears to be something happening.
That appears to be what's about to happen here, maybe in as little as 100,000,000 years! DON'T INVEST IN REAL ESTATE HERE!!!!
There appears to be a bridge of stars going from one to the other, causing distortion to the lower galaxy.
What appears to be the core of this galaxy is off-centre; ie. it's imbalanced, with the main mass to the left.
The bright blue spot is a much closer feature than the vastly distant spiral galaxy. It may be a quasar.
There seems to be a new star cluster far right side of this galaxy with more new star mass on the left.
What an amazing image!!! A 'star attraction'!
Anyway, there's a ring feature with this galaxy that possesses a bright star cluster mass that isn't balanced on the other side.
I agree with #overlapping.
If this is lensing, it's the weirdest I've seen in over 13,000 lenses!! Spiral clustering would be my pick.
It would be easy to misinterpret the 2 orange spots #overlapping this beautiful young galaxy. A red dwarf binary?
It's quite beautiful. The red/orange colouring is suggestive of great distance. The vertical shaft looks like an oversized bar, but isn't.
It's difficult to tell if the feature at the lower right is the same distance away as the subject galaxy, so it may be a #merger or #overlap
An actively renewing galaxy with many blue star forming clusters among the older star mass.
I don't know what agn stands for, but this galaxy's core black hole is very active.
This newly forming galaxy appears to also have a gravitational lens on its top edge.
I think ZooBill has it right: there's no sign of collision, so it's an #overlap. The blue spot seems to be a much closer feature.
I agree with graham d: the colliding galaxy is at right angles to the younger front galaxy. It has new star clusters dipping at the right
This is a tight group of elliptical galaxies of different ages & energies. Beautiful!
A beautiful spiral with a high percentage of new star forming clusters.
This spiral galaxy is very disturbed & imbalanced, enough to suggest it may be transforming into an elliptical galaxy. The top is folding.
Another tight group of elliptical galaxies, with some appearing to #merge. This entire group may yet become 1 massive elliptical galaxy.
This is a very tight galactic group, with the 3 subject ellipticals inline. The larger, nearer galaxy is very active.
The large spiral is being #overlapped by the subject feature. The #dustlanes sure show up in the big galaxy. Not much new star formation.
One of the most colourful #overlaps you could hope to see.
Not just that, but it seems to be #lensing a much more distant feature on the edge of its core.
This is a classic merger of 2 spiral galaxies.
This collection of young star clusters among older, orange star concentrations is very lovely to see.
What an AMAZING image!! This galaxy group/cluster is outstanding, especially the fuzzy yellow abstract: artwork.
I love BIG ORANGE! The tiny, very remote subject galaxy is well #overlapped.
This image is as close to perfectly edge-on as you can get! No dust band evident.
An outstanding image. All that you people have said says it all.
This is a strange feature! It may be a spiral galaxy, but it's well deformed & unbalanced, so I'm not so sure.
The clusters of newly formed stars emphasise the spirals. The bright spot is an #overlap of a much closer feature. The core is very dim.
It seems the spirals have become concentrated & joined, then looped all the way around, as Elisabeth suggests, to become an attached ring
The small galaxy top left seems to be drawing stars off the upper right arm, with a thin mass of connecting stars between.
I would love to know what the 2-tones in the bright feature are about.
The subject is the tiny elliptical galaxy in the centre, just above the 2-toned bright feature. As razer812 noted: a galactic cluster.
The feature at the bottom left is an #overlap.
There seems to be a lens on the right side.
The red feature at the left edge may be a gravitational lens, not blue but red because of the immense distance to the feature being lensed.
What a beautiful shot!!
There appears to be a lens arc at the top edge of this galaxy, yet it also has striations off it.
The spot in the right arm seems to have caused that arm to extend straight & well out of the galactic mass.
If these are stars, where are the flare spikes that always accompany images of stars? How about #overlapping elliptical galaxies?
This is either a #merger, an #overlap or a #binary.
Great shot of the 2 orange ellipticals & what appears to be a gravitational lens between them.
This galaxy is interesting for the lack of spirals. Its core black hole is super-active. There's a mass extending up from the core.
There is a massive star concentration on the far right that could be mistaken for a 2nd. core, but is in fact only a cluster in an arm.
The huge gap that appears to separate the lower arm is actually not devoid of stars, but they are much less densely set.
Either that or this is a starshot. going by the flares, I reckon it's a star.
The upper arm is disjointed & extends a very long way out.
A lovely young galaxy making new, hot stars.
I'm not sure if this is a #merger or #overlap, but it's one to collect for its looks!
An alternative is that the top star mass is spinning out of the main body, robbing stars through the bar & distorting the arm.
The massive star cluster directly above the centre appears to be a merging feature connected by a bar to the centre & has drawn the arm out.
This beautiful young galaxy has numerous star forming clusters, esp. along the top arm, which has extended out from the spiral form.
The 2 bright blue spots are gravitational lenses of a quasar.
attached to the other side of it! A galactic 3-some?
This is a fascinating image! It seems that the small yellow feature is merging into the orange galaxy & that appears to have a light feature
This could be either a #merger or #overlap. The fact that the yellow feature is somewhat hidden suggests an #overlap.
This galaxy has an extensive bar between the spirals, but the separated star clusters are of interest. Tidal outwash?
Violent but beautiful, building new life. This is an extraordinary image!
The arm at the top seems to extend far enough out to give this relatively young galaxy an irregular, unbalanced appearance.
There is at least 1 separated star cluster in this relatively young galaxy.
It seems that the flat feature at the bottom is much further away than the subject galaxy.
Either this galaxy has 2 cores, or it's #merging with a smaller feature.
A very imbalanced galactic mass here!
The orange spot appears to be a much closer feature #overlapping the subject galaxy.
What a fascinating image!! The bright spot is a much closer, young elliptical galaxy (therefore very active).
I agree with Notes!! Unusually flat edge-on, this spiral does have a slightly raised centre & dark strip cutting it in half (the main mass).
This is a normal spiral galaxy with new stars, & lots of them, being born in the blue clusters. Slightly blurred, but still beautiful.
These features appear to be gravitationally linked neighbours.
The bright blue slightly arched spot seems to be a gravitational #lens associated with the small galaxy it appears as a #binary with.
That's an interesting orange feature #overlapping the subject galaxy.
This 'distortion' may only be a trick of the light.
The bottom arm of this galaxy is flattened, yet the 2 orange spots appear to be semi-encapsulated in another arm, causing the distortion.
An interesting image. a merger or double core?
LOVE the Dali reference!! This certainly is odd. Something weird has happened, either in this galaxy's formation or later.
All interesting comments. Notice that the arm encircling the feature IS DISTORTED & that arm continues, completely enclosing it. 2nd core.
Again I ask why there's no flare spikes that always accompany star images, unless this image is in Infrared or Ultraviolet light??
in front of the older, more distant galaxy. You can see the #overlap of the blue arm with absolutely no distortion.
No: they aren't merging. Their masses aren't distorted as they would be in a merger. The left side arm of the much closer galaxy is going
Actually, the upward thrusted arm has separation on the outer edge, creating another arm.
I think there's 2 arms, but one has been twisted upward by a massive disturbance, possibly a near-miss of another galaxy?
All of what graham d says. One of the most interesting images.
A beautiful spiral with new star formations.
There is a bright blue lens above the distant galaxy upper right. The tiny green spot in the subject galaxy is interesting.
It appears that the bright cream spot inside on the left is actually inside the galaxy, but it could just be a distant object #overlapped
Are these images taken in Infra red or Ultraviolet & does that explain the bright greens & reds??
Awesome!! But why are there no glare spikes that always occur in images of stars??
The mass on the right side of this galaxy may be a very distant other galaxy in #overlap, or a potential merger may be about to occur.
The bright spot is a quasar lens. The tiny, thin arc may be a refraction of that lens.
#bar but maybe no #merger: the smaller, more remote galaxy maybe being #overlapped by the subject galaxy.
If these galaxies aren't merging, then they are gravitationally linked.
refraction of the light from the more distant tiny one that has the brilliant concentration of the yet more remote quasar's light.
The brilliant blue lens arc on the tiny galaxy upper right is from a quasar. A tiny, thin arc is on the upper left of the main galaxy is a
A good example of an older galaxy with many clusters of newly forming stars, proving regeneration in old masses.
The top of this galaxy image has greater bulk than the bottom. It's a spiral arm, but isn't balanced on the other side.
Although it's a very blurred image, the thick centre & what seems to be a projection out of the top, makes me think there may be a merger.
It seems that the small elliptical galaxy at the top is about to collide with the subject disc, although it may be offset forward or back.
Unusually, this smooth disc is displaying an obvious central bulge that makes it worthy of collecting.
Nicely defined #dustlane
This image captures the merger of at least 2 galaxies or this galaxy has an extensive bar with mass at each end. Love the 2 quasars in front
A fascinating galaxy that has new star formation primarily on one side (left) that is also the most massive side with at least 3 arms.
If this isn't a merger, then it has to be gravitationally locked galaxies.
An ancient galaxy being rejuvenated with new star growth in the blue zones.
This beautiful galaxy really shows off the new star forming areas in most of the spirals (the blue areas).
This image captures 3 galaxies that appear to be merging, but it may be them overlapping thanks to the angle we see them.
A wonderful image of a large region of close elliptical galaxies with a few spirals.
ions in the relative planes through the lower galaxy are highly likely the initial folding of it into the elliptical galaxy they both become
A beautiful rendering of 2 spiral galaxies colliding edge-on causing the generation of new star development in the blue zones. The distort-
This is a wonderful set of ancient, distant elliptical galaxies. The bright white ones are much closer, but still inside the group.
What seems to be the impacting galaxy, the one on top, doesn't seem to have a concentrated centre, so no black hole power source?
Having seen the widefield view, the newly forming group of newly forming star clusters (all of the blue) is an unusual , rare system.
It appears that the 2 centres here may be merging ellipticals or a twin-cored quasar (if such a thing is possible).
This elliptical galaxy has a very dense central bar housing a very active black hole, or so it appears.
The yellow elliptical galaxy is the highlight among many of different colours, suggesting this is an ancient part of our universe, so remote
I'm not sure why there's the blue patch in the left side mass of this galaxy, but it may be new star formation.
An even cooler quasar lensed through the nice disc galaxy in the form of the blue spot in the edge of disc.
This is a really tight group of galaxies, but the 2 bright blue quasars really make this image fly!
Certainly the central section is much denser & brighter than the outer mass.
Unusually, the spirals are defined by the newly forming star clusters. The main, fuzzy mass of this galaxy is composed of old, yellow stars.
I like that the spirals are so well defined.
This beautiful young galaxy is also imbalanced in lateral star distribution & the central plane is ~20* flatter than the main mass.
This image is difficult to determine, but the subject galaxy appears to be merging with at least one of the others in the group.
The orange cluster lower right of the subject galaxy may be a tidal outcast or a distant galaxy overlap.
There may be a lens of a distant galaxy on the upper right of this galaxy, which may be elliptical or a fuzzy spiral.
The subject elliptical galaxy has a deep blue curve to its right, between it & the bright white feature, & an overlap to the lower right.
There appears to be a smaller feature imbedded in this elliptical galaxy. The red cluster may be more distant & this is an overlap.
This beautiful spiral galaxy has an older central star field, determined by the yellow-cream zone, with younger stars in the blue spirals.
This is NOT A STAR, but a very high density elliptical galaxy that displays its intense core.
#overlap
lock that make them appear closer than they really are from our point in space, but I prefer the UFO prospect!!
I go with the UFOs in formation! Maybe the crystal Mothership with gravitational linkage! Or it could be 3 elliptical galaxies in a gravity
It seems that the yellow spherical cluster is either merging with this galaxy or has cast adrift. Otherwise it's a passing traveller.
This image appears to be a very close group of elliptical galaxies that are on the other side of the universe, going by the redshift! Cool.
just out of this image. The purple/red core is the immense energy output from this galaxy's massive black hole.
This is a zoomed-in closeup of the galactic centre that appears to be the central bar of a much larger spiral galaxy with a star/gas ring
The central plane of this galaxy out to & including the star ring is relatively flat, where the outer mass is on a different plane, ~10*.
be a very dense elliptical galaxy with a photon beam directed at us (that's the purple spot), emitting from the black hole at its core.
It seems strange for a star, as there are no light glare spikes that always associate with direct shots of stars. It appears more likely to
This is of the strangest shape, like it's a group of small elliptical galaxies clumped together by gravity to form this 'broken heart' shape
This is a real gem: a young spiral galaxy still in the prime of star formation. The hazy blob lower right may be a distant galaxy.
Interesting clusters in the lower galaxy; most appear to be just outside the body of the galaxy itself.
only beginning to merge, but it seems one is robbing stars from the other, as often happens with galaxies in such proximity. Lensing? Well..
It appears that the blue ring around the centre of the lower galaxy is just that: a ring of star/gas concentration. These galaxies are not
I'm fascinated by the bright red blob extending out of the bottom of this galaxy. There's a cluster on the right edge that seems separated.
There seems to be a very long arm extending away around the bottom & to the right that's out of balance with the rest of the galaxy.
It sure appears that the orange is crashing into the bigger blue galaxy. They both show faint spirals & clusters.
a photon jet directly at us, or not. It could be a poor image of a star as you predicted, 'coz some of these shots are ?? lovely colour, tho
Impressive stuff, Elizabeth!! I think we're looking at a very densely populated elliptical galaxy with the black hole at the core streaming
image. The blue concentrations of stars in the spirals appear clustered. There's also a lighter cluster lower left that may not be attached.
According to a scientist's comment 17 days ago, we can't see globular clusters, but I'll throw in here that I'm seeing those here with this
spiral that appears to be merging at right angles on the left isn't , but is instead totally separate!! You got me there!!
That's very interesting re all being galaxies. So the blue hook on the right isn't a concentration of stars that have been torn away & the
This spiral galaxy is disturbed, maybe so much that one arm has been disconnected bottom left. Or that is another galaxy merging edge-on.
The feature at the bottom may be a cluster of stars cast off during the merger creating a small elliptical galaxy gravity bound to the host.
This galaxy seems to be caught between transferring from a spiral to an elliptical galaxy, caused by a previous merger with another spiral.
It also has an unusual pattern in the lower dustfield that appears to bulge the galaxy outward on that side.
mass is out of balance with more on the upper left, again suggestive of a previous merger.
This galaxy's mass is boosted by the accumulation of these bright blue star concentrations that may be remnants of an ancient merger. It's
distant one being lensed is about the same size or mass as the nearer on lensing its light.
The green feature is a dense small spiral galaxy that has a large single lensed distant galaxy off-centre at the bottom, suggesting the
The spiral arm at the bottom appears to end in a very large cluster only slightly denser than the main star field in the galaxy.
ionally attached to the subject galaxy, but I doubt the feature above is. It appears to be a very distant separate galaxy.
This is a fine looking galaxy with the dense mass clusters in the spiral arms almost forming a ring. The small feature below seems gravitat-
small feature above right of the subject galaxy may be gravitationally connected to the main galaxy.
The core seems to be accompanied by a small elliptical galaxy that's difficult to tell if it's merging or is not attached & closer. The
I'm not convinced the bright blue spot is a quasar lens linked with the disjointed blue spot lower left or it's just a closer blue star.
And sunny-side up! The central core is unusually 3D in appearance: VERY COOL.
Extraordinary galaxy. The dense massed star clumps aren't evenly distributed which may suggest a previous disturbance.
The blue clump chains are fascinating: they curve off their host galaxies & appear to be completely separate below the feature galaxies.
The feature galaxy & the edge-on one top left show a blue central plane owing to the mass concentration along it.
This is a really interesting image showing clumps of star concentrations (the blue patches), both in the object galaxy & the one above it.
are incredibly intense. Check out 'Space Warps' for info about galactic lensing. I've checked 13,000 images & lenses come in many shapes.
The two bright blue spots are quasar lens images (standard for quasars to be in pairs or double pairs). They're so bright because quasars
This image clearly shows a bright bar, a separated cluster of stars on the left that seem to be left behind & an arm that's broken off
I'm less sure of tidal debris, but these galaxies are merging. One has at least one large spiral arm, which is also odd.
A very interesting clumpy galaxy like no other I've yet seen. Most of the clumps seem separated & not on the same plane as the main disc.
A very unusual shaped galaxy chain with what appears to be a gravitationally attached, but physically separate, clump.
This is an unusual image that may only be a star (the centre is extremely pronounced), but if it's a galaxy, then it's REALLY interesting!!!
The pink line through the middle of this elliptical galaxy may be a dust lane or a dramatic shift in the light passing an energy field.
This galaxy seems to be lensing a remote galaxy on the lower left side, showing as the bright blue patch.
There appears to be a bright orange strip or globular mass inside the main galactic mass.
This galaxy is surrounded by a hazy 'halo' of dust, gas or stars & yet the central section is well defined & bright.
The central spiral galaxy is the largest feature, yet the dimmest in this colourful group.
sure about the bright red feature.
This collection of different coloured features is AMAZING!! The 6 white globes appear to be gravitationally bound to the yellow one. I'm not
I've marked a possible merger of the small blue feature with the main galaxy, but this may not be right. It may not be attached at all.
These features seem to be gravitationally bound. The central one has a profusion of clumps spirally & the blue strip of light may be a lens.
There appears to be two centres in this galaxy, but I can't see enough detail to choose what it may be.
This pair of very distant galaxies may be at least gravitationally bound, if not beginning to merge.
The bright object below the feature galaxy appears to be lensing a quasar: blue dots either side of it.
The small feature top right of the main object may be gravitationally connected.
Apart from the two bright spots either side of this galaxy, there's a distant dim red object just showing through above the centre.
This galaxy appears to have considerably more mass on the right side, in the form of massive globules.
This unique galaxy appears to be a spiral with massive lensing of a remote massive galaxy, possibly a quasar.
This merger is unique because the larger galaxy is clumpy & very irregular in shape.
This is an interesting image of what appears to be 2 discs & an anomalous curved feature below.
The central bulge appears to be an Einstein Ring!
These large & small galaxies are gravitationally linked, with a remote galaxy lensed between, shown as a blue curved strip of light.