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A pea galaxy (or green pea galaxy or GP) is a small galaxy that looks greenish in SDSS data. They were first identified in 2007 by Galaxy Zoo participants. They show extreme star formation and are presumed to be a type of blue compact galaxy. Their redshifts have been less than 1, but theories have been proposed that they could be similar to first galaxies.