Another Galaxy on Planet Hunters

• by delete_adc0630b

  See:
  http://talk.planethunters.org/objects/APH32048960/discussions/DPH1011nxe
  
  Is it possible to get a better picture of this galaxy? I tried but didn't have much luck.
  Here are the coordinates:
  19 21 28.193 +43 35 20.76

  Posted October 25, 2012 5:20 PM

• by ElisabethB moderator

  Sorry, this one seems to be outside of the SDSS footprint. You could try Google sky (I'm not really very familiar with that)

  Posted October 25, 2012 5:51 PM

• by vrooje admin, scientist

  Try putting those coordinates into NED; the source appears to have infrared and optical images, as well as a radio detection. (Is the above image the DSS image linked to from NED?) Beyond that, there isn't much, it seems.

  There are AGN in the Kepler field too -- which I think is pretty cool.

  Posted October 25, 2012 6:16 PM

• by delete_adc0630b

  Hi ElisabethB and vrooje,
  I just started a thread on Planet Hunters:
  http://talk.planethunters.org/science/discussions/DPH101ou9x
  Let me know what you think.

  Posted October 25, 2012 6:46 PM

• by ElisabethB moderator

  Looks great. Not sure how I can help !

  Posted October 25, 2012 6:50 PM

• by delete_adc0630b

  It's meant for Planet Hunters who check stars on Sky View (like I do). Sometimes we notice one of the KIDs is not a star but a galaxy.
  Now that we have a list we can check whether they are known or not. And if they are not, we can post them on the thread. Maybe someone will be interested in them.
  If we find another one and are having trouble getting a good picture I may hop over to Galaxy Zoo and ask if one of you can get a better picture. I already am very grateful for the help I reveived these past couple of weeks since I started here. Very much appreciated! 😃

  Posted October 25, 2012 6:57 PM

• by ElisabethB moderator

  I do get to do some classifications on PH occasionally, but only as a newbie !
  All this stuff is way over my head ! ;-D

  Posted October 25, 2012 7:02 PM

• by delete_adc0630b

  It is very easy, and I could teach you how to use Sky View.
  These past months I checked dozens and dozens of Eclipsing Binaries on Sky View, and a great number of them turned out to be contaminated, i.e. the light of a nearby star or background star - the real EB - influences the target star, thus making the reading unreliable. There are a couple of Planet Hunters who have the means to analyze where the real EB is. Now that is way out of my league!

  Posted October 25, 2012 7:11 PM

• by ElisabethB moderator

  Thanks, maybe one day I'll take you up on this.
  Just a funny aside, my initials are EB, so your post was a tad bit confusing at first glance ! 😃 (the real EB ...)

  Posted October 25, 2012 7:15 PM

• by delete_adc0630b

  LOL, didn't realize this till you mentioned it 😃

  Posted October 25, 2012 7:23 PM

• by ElisabethB moderator

  Well, you weren't supposed to know my last name ! 😃
  And the more I read it the funnier your post gets ! (Sorry, I have a peculiar sense of humour ! 😉 )

  Posted October 25, 2012 7:26 PM

• by delete_adc0630b

  Ha ha, I can see that 😃 😃 😃

  Posted October 25, 2012 7:30 PM

• by ElisabethB moderator

  ROFL

  Posted October 25, 2012 8:15 PM