Galaxy Zoo Starburst Talk

Spiral or merger/tidal debris

  • meeka777 by meeka777

    There appear to be two arm like areas at the top and bottom, but is it from the main galaxy being a spiral and the bottom one overlapping, or is it tidal debris from the two galaxies merging? I've marked it as the latter, but curious for another opinion.

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  • astromissy812 by astromissy812

    Look like tidal debris to me, I've never seen a pic of a galaxies spiral arms going out that far without it being a merger

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  • JeanTate by JeanTate

    The highly symmetric, 'perfectly round' object below center is (most likely) a foreground (in our own galaxy) star, not related in any way to the galaxy. To me, the galaxy looks like a #barred spiral with two loose, asymmetric arms. I think the 'faint fluff' around it should be treated with caution (or suspicion), some may be noise or an artifact. When the multi-wavelength viewer tool becomes available, it'll be good to check it out with that.

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  • Spacer_fielding by Spacer_fielding

    DSDD tags the bright lower object as a star

    http://skyserver.sdss3.org/dr9/en/tools/explore/obj.asp?id=1237658205579640933

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  • Spacer_fielding by Spacer_fielding

    Sorry /DSDD/SDSS/ Sloan Digital Sky Survey ...

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