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Merging? *photo*

Last post 04-30-2009 12:50 PM by Oliver Tunnah. 3 replies.

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04-30-2009 11:06 AM

jared64 Joined on 04-16-2009 Bloomfield, MO Posts 20	Merging? photo So what do you all think? Are these galaxies merging or unreleated?
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04-30-2009 11:31 AM In reply to

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Sorry But because of the image quality I can't even tell if they are galaxies or just stars out of focus. What galaxies are they suppose to be? The orange one looks very much like an out of focus star which leads me to believe the others might be as well.

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04-30-2009 12:10 PM In reply to

jared64 Joined on 04-16-2009 Bloomfield, MO Posts 20	Re: Merging? photo They could be. It's an image from Galaxy Zoo. I'm just trying to do the best possible job and this one stumped me.
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04-30-2009 12:50 PM In reply to

Oliver Tunnah Joined on 12-05-2005 Bristol UK Posts 1,467	Re: Merging? photo It looks like a zoomed in version of Wikisky which uses DSS data. These objects must be small. The red one would be a star. The other two are galaxies. Their colours can be a clue. I'd say the bottom one which is bluer is some sort of spiral. The other could be an elliptical. But it's hard to say. If it is, it's likely to be closer and they aren't colliding.
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