Where do eclectons go?

“Where do eclectons go?’ asked one of my young friends. It’s a good question because, as we know, they disappear from view shortly after IA (instance of assemblage). Evidence is a bit sketchy but one theory is that they are trying to get back to Eclectonia, a poorly understood galaxy about 450,000 light-years away that was recently picked up by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey.

A 20-arcminute-wide map of star densities in the Eclectonia Dwarf Galaxy System


Astronomers were surprised that this little star system didn’t have the characteristic shape of previously mapped galaxies in the area. “This dwarf galaxy is very unusual.” said Dr. Elmer Dweebius, leader of the team that discovered it, “Its stars swarm around in a completely irregular pattern and instead of dark matter being the force that binds them, we keep picking up readings of…well…all purpose white glue, which is, of course, ridiculous. Clearly the system needs to be studied more thoroughly to determine the forces that are at work there.”