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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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Could be a case of our angle of view onto this object, or, it's taken a hit from something else that we haven't yet identified at some time in the past. Also, another reason...how big was the interacting galaxy that produced the "hula hoop" star streams and the rest of the debris around this galaxy?? It may have been bigger than we suspect. What was the geometry of the collision etc etc.
How many papers have been published about this galaxy and/or similar galaxies and their morphologies??.
BTW, Ken....nice piccie
