Galaxy Zoo Talk

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  • Profbackhouse by Profbackhouse

    What are the 3 rather bright blue/purple objects in the image? (one seen top righthand corner, 2 seen bottom right)

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  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator

    Those three objects are foreground stars from our galaxy. The spikes and colors are optical artifacts.

    More on weird images here : http://tinyurl.com/GZartifacts

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