Galaxy Zoo Starburst Talk

Multicolored

  • meeka777 by meeka777

    What causes the different colors in this galaxy - was it from merging?

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  • JeanTate by JeanTate

    As the other objects in this image are also multicolored (the brighter ones anyway), I'd say the cause is a mis-alignment of the individual images (what we see comes from combining three images, one per camera filter).

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