Blue-greenish object

• by Maurits234

  Hello,

  Does anyone have any idea what the blue-greenish object left of the centered galaxy is?

  Kind regards,

  Posted January 27, 2014 10:26 PM

• by JeanTate in response to Maurits234's comment.

  Welcome to Galaxy Zoo, Martits234! 😃

  It's the ghost image (a kind of artifact) of a star, in our own galaxy; here's the same field in SDSS (orientation and scale are different):

  

  Happy hunting!

  Posted January 27, 2014 10:36 PM