Spiral Galaxy Spins the Wrong Way

Ant writes: "The New Scientist has an article about a galaxy in the constellation Centaurus is puzzling astronomers by spinning in the wrong direction. NGC 4622 has bright twisting arms containing newborn stars and lies 111 million light years away."

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Re:Wrong way?

[SpaceLifeForm]

Me thinks you doth protest too much.

I was not attempting to 'interpret' the article, just pointing out that the 'apparent observations' could have alternative interpretations.

Want another? How about, lets speculate wildly here, that the arrow of time in that region has somehow reversed from 'normal' (our centric view) and that the processes the galaxy is apparently undergoing are actually happening in reverse!

The point is, my 'objections' are not really objections, just 'alternative interpretations'.

It does not matter whose interpretation is correct or not, we can never be sure anyway.

It is a cool picture though!