Galaxy Zoo Starburst Talk

Flurry surroundings

  • bretarn by bretarn

    As some objects already found, this one has some kind of flurry structure at 8 o'clock; are they part of main galaxy or some kind of overlap with distant clouds?

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  • vrooje by vrooje moderator, scientist

    It's sometimes hard to tell whether a galaxy is a coincidental overlap or an actual merger/tidal feature. For this I personally would say they don't look like two completely different objects -- it looks more to me like a tidal feature coming off the central galaxy.

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  • bretarn by bretarn

    Thanks, Ive quotted this as tidal feature but needed some more opinion.

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