| ZaberNS |
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| 04/09/08 01:47 PM |
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Young Hoag's object?
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Looks cool, like a young hoag's object.
| ARCos2K |
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| 04/09/08 08:57 PM |
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Re: Young Hoag's object?
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This Galaxy looks like Andromeda as seen on top, an eliptical core and apiral arms. I was wondering if the galaxy near the eliptical core is in front or is at back of this galaxy, great find!
| ChrisHeinz |
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| 04/09/08 09:46 PM |
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Re: Young Hoag's object?
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This galaxy is NGC 5701 (select "New General Catalog" from "Backyard Astronomy"). Apparently the professional astronomers think it's interesting as well. Google "NGC 5701", there's an article about its structure:
http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0301072
Apparently NGC 4608 is considered similar to your guy. Pull it up, it has a much stronger bar than your NGC 5701.
Chris