Galaxy Zoo Starburst Talk

is this a merger of a yellow/red smoothe galaxy with a blue spiral galaxy?

  • john21baxter_ by john21baxter_

    is this a merger of a yellow/red smoothe galaxy with a blue spiral galaxy?

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  • JeanTate by JeanTate in response to john21baxter 's comment.

    It might be, but only the main (blue spiral) has a spectroscopic redshift (zsp), so it's not possible to be sure.

    However, the yellow/red smooth galaxy's photoz (0.20±0.02) is considerably greater than the zsp of the blue one (0.124), which suggests it's more likely an overlap

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  • john21baxter_ by john21baxter_

    thanks for reply

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