Merge or no?

• by patlecat

  I think I see 3 bright cores in this asymmetrical shape. Am I wrong?

  Posted July 21, 2013 11:19 AM

• by Thomas_J moderator

  I can't clearly see three cores but I would say 'probably yes' to merger. Others may care to add a comment.

  Posted July 21, 2013 11:39 AM

• by JeanTate

  Another one to check when the MWV is up. This may be an #overlap; in the background is a very rich, z ~0.4 cluster (all the orange blobs), and one of those may appear as a clump in this galaxy. There's also a hint - nothing more - of a z=0.4 redshift system in the spectrum; if it's real, it would confirm the 'overlap hypothesis':

  

  Posted July 21, 2013 2:22 PM