Large-scale asymmetry between spin patterns of spiral galaxies
  Spin patterns of spiral galaxies can be broadly separated into galaxies with
clockwise (Z-wise) patterns and galaxies with counterclockwise (S-wise) spin
patterns. While the differences between these patterns are visually noticeable,
they are a matter of the perspective of the observer, and therefore in a
sufficiently large universe no other differences are expected between galaxies
with Z-wise and S-wise patterns. Here large datasets of spiral galaxies
separated by their spin patterns are used to show that spiral galaxies with
Z-wise spin patterns are photometrically different from spiral galaxies with
S-wise patterns. That asymmetry changes based on the direction of observation,
such that the observed asymmetry in one hemisphere is aligned with the inverse
observed asymmetry in the opposite hemisphere. The results are consistent
across different sky surveys (SDSS and PanSTARRS) and analysis methods. The
proximity of the most probable asymmetry axis to the galactic pole suggests
that the asymmetry might be driven by relativistic beaming. Annotated data from
SDSS and PanSTARRS are publicly available.
