Dear All,
I may as well "come out" and declare that I have discovered an object that is potentially very similar to Hanny's Voorwerp.
(anyone want to challenge my claim?)
The information about my discovery has already been relayed to the Galaxyzoo team of professional astronomers, and to one or two other professional astronomers.
I have been dredging up all manner of galaxian peculiarities and anomalies using the FUV and NUV images from the GALEX satellite, by means of the wonderful GalexView "virtual telescope".
[[ More about this later, as I have
many more "weird wonders" to reveal to you in this forum!!]]
So, here is my discovery - the galaxy IC 223.....
note the strong FUV light coming from an isolated patch that is well outside of the main body of this galaxy.
The isolated patch of emission could well be visible in optical light, or narrowband H-alpha.
cheers,
Robert Lang