ARG0001zgu - odd green host of hourglass?

• by JeanTate

  SDSS J123354.71+254128.2, z_ph 0.239±0.0776/0.212±0.0929, has strange colors, and an odd shape:

  

  Is it the host?

  

  Perhaps not; perhaps the host is the insignificant-looking red z_ph 0.810±0.0985/0.716±0.1465 (far in the background, so it's actually very big, and bright) SDSS J123354.73+254123.0:

  

  Boilerplate: SDSS image per http://skyservice.pha.jhu.edu/DR10/ImgCutout/getjpeg.aspx, FIRST (red) contours derived from the FITS file produced using SkyView with Python code described in this RGZ Talk thread. Image center (J2000.0) is the galaxy SDSS J123354.71+254128.2; "z_ph" its SDSS photometric redshift.

  Posted September 16, 2014 4:14 AM

• by ivywong scientist, admin

  Yes, I concur that the red smudge of a galaxy may indeed be the host....

  Posted September 16, 2014 7:36 AM