Friday, August 18, 2017

Researchers publish catalog of galaxies (Image 2)

08/18/2017 01:08 PM EDT

Galaxy NGC 4245

This galaxy, NGC 4245, was identified by the Galaxy Zoo 2 project as having a galactic bar -- a long extension of bright stars going through the center of the galaxy. Research from Galaxy Zoo 2 (Masters et al. 2011) has shown that galaxies with bars tend to be both dimmer and redder than galaxies ...

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