Ray Garner 🏳️🌈
@astronoray.bsky.social
Astronomer. Nature photographer. Astro postdoc at Texas A&M. he/him. Georgia native, College Station resident.
So this is a strong piece of evidence for the hypothesis that what we call 5474 is actually a dwarf spiral and dwarf elliptical pair! They're likely bound to each other, but weakly interacting. How this plays into the M101-NGC 5474 interaction is anyone's guess.
March 3, 2025 at 4:35 PM
So this is a strong piece of evidence for the hypothesis that what we call 5474 is actually a dwarf spiral and dwarf elliptical pair! They're likely bound to each other, but weakly interacting. How this plays into the M101-NGC 5474 interaction is anyone's guess.