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Originally Posted by madbadgalaxyman
That's one strange galaxy, Ken.
This galaxy, overall, seems asymmetric and disturbed, and not to be in a settled state. (the overall asymmetry is far in excess of what is normal for mildly disturbed galaxies)
I can't recall seeing anything like this morphology, though I am familiar with the morphologies of a large fraction of the NGC/IC galaxies.
I'll have to "cogitate" about this one, and also consult the literature.
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Thanks! If you wish to read a bit about this galaxy and it's streams, here is the paper from a steam hunting team. They are using the SDSS data to detect them. I have shot two of there detections so far. I sent them my results and they were pretty impressed as they are doing follow-up with a 2.2 meter system and I am just about as deep. They are just about ready to release a paper with many more detects (lots of new targets coming!)
http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/arxiv/pdf/...102.2905v1.pdf
Regards,