Spot at the center of the spiral

• by rinaldij

  What is the obvious spot at the center of this galaxy?

  Posted June 2, 2013 5:08 PM

• by vrooje admin, scientist

  The stars in this galaxy are probably very centrally concentrated compared to some other galaxies, and that makes the light much brighter at the center. The shadow-looking effect is just an artifact of the telescope; you can see some of the surrounding objects (which are foreground stars from our galaxy) have it too.

  Posted June 2, 2013 7:22 PM

• by v3nom

  This artefact is actually quite annoying.

  Posted June 2, 2013 10:50 PM