what is this?

• by martinvillacg

  I can't tell

  Posted June 16, 2013 12:02 AM

• by JeanTate

  It's a #star, and a fairly bright one. The funny colors in its heart are the result the detectors being rather overwhelmed (or 'saturated'). There's a four-pointed star (like compass directions) that are #diffractionspikes, and other radial spikes. These are typical of SDSS images of stars (which are point sources).

  Posted June 16, 2013 3:33 AM