See 'spindle galaxies' in the context of galaxy cores here.        

SPINDLE GALAXIES

MISSING MASS IN NGC 1365

Missing
mass off the
limb of NGC 1365
leads to the discovery
of a small galaxy effectionately
known as 'wiggles', the galaxy spotted
as a small blur in an enhanced view, which because
of Hubble's lens ability was able to be enhanced
enough to show the small galaxy's
'wiggling' form
Spindle
galaxies,
are galaxies
with long thin spindle
cores with thin arms winding around
making them look like empty spools
of thread. Several examples
can be shown

SPINDLE CORES

WIGGLES, IN DEEP SPACE NEAR NGC 1365

'Wiggles'
a tiny smudge
off the giant limb of
Ngc 1365. Wiggles is exposed
by extreme high enhancements of an original
Hubble image of Ngc 1365, in this case enhancements in
both blue color tones (showing rich drifting fields
of hot blue stars off the Ngc 1365 limb, with
black and white showing as much 'wiggles'
detail as can be gained from
the original image

Ngc 1087 from Sloan telescope all sky survey

SPINDLE CORES IN STEPHANS QUINTET

Here
is a major
collision underway
in Stephans Quintet. No
pimple core. Only 'spindle cores'.
It tells us 'pimple' cores cannot be reliably
used as signatures for 'all' collisions. I don't even
want to tell you what missing mass is represented
in this image. Your can see for yourself

SPINDLE GALAXY

LITTLE RUDOLPHO - SPINDLE GALAXY NEAR NGC 1232

Another
small galaxy
also has 'wiggling',
this other small galaxy is
off the limb of giant spiral Ngc 1232
and is noted to have a central line of strong
action surrounded by long wispy arms winding thinly
around the outer extends of the small galaxy.
Because of this somewhat distinct form,
such galaxies are herein called
'spindle galaxies'. The
original image did
not show the
spindle
galaxy
in much
detail, this
took enhancements
on an image processor
by Greydon Moore who was not
able to see if the spindle galaxy effectionately
named Little Rudolpho has had a recent encounter with Ngc 1232

EFFECTIONATELY CALLED 'LITTLE RUDOLFO'

LITTLE RUDOLFO - NEAR LINE OF SIGHT OF GALAXY NGC 1232

The Saga Of Little Rudolpho

This small
spindle galaxy
hangs off the end of an
arm of giant spiral galaxy
NGC 1232. It has a central
spindle of 'fire' and very
little else that is hot,
thin tendrils comprise
arms that wind long
distances through
nearby space

Little Rudolph -
the reason we cannot
see more of this spindle galaxy
is the original picture was cropped as
you see it, at ESO headdquarters,
for public release

Small spindle galaxy off the end of Ngc 1232

Galaxy Ngc 1232 has a special reference to a peculiarity named Jack Frost, with reference to the nearby 'spindle' galaxy called 'Rudolpho', here.

Lopsided spindle galaxy Ngc 2427

NGC 4214

SPINDLE GALAXY

Here
next is
an image which
purports to be a photo
of NGC 4214 (source unknown).
It bears little to no resemblence to
the NGC 4214 views here, but is
included here for two reasons,
first, it is obvious that
the original contained
vast quantities of
data hidden in
the photo
but
in
media
ranges all
too dark to be
discerned by human eye,
and secondly, if it is an image of
NGC 4214, we then instantly learn that much
more of this irregular 'spindle' galaxy
which turns out to be not quite
so irregular

Original - hardly anything is seen

SUMMARY

Spindle
galaxies are
characerized as having
thin cores and long thin arms
wrapped around long distances through
space like spider's silk. In some aspects
a spindle galaxy can be more tubular
than spiral. The irregular galaxy
LMC (Large Magellanic Cloud)
has the rudimentary
characteristics
of a spindle
galaxy.
Look for
yourself at good
LMC images to see the thin
center chord of hot matter but any
spider thin 'arms' LMC might once have had
are shot to hell perhaps by dosey doe achy breaky
line dances with other galaxies in the local cluster

A very faint spindle galaxy (or similar) seems to have been exposed in a Dss plate of Ngc 3190.

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