Galaxy Zoo Talk

Trail from a star? Is there a technical name for this or am I just looking at an artefact?

  • ocean_kp by ocean_kp

    On this image things aren't too clear although you can see a slight "trail" from the star to the right of the image - but when looking on skyserver this "trail" is a lot more obvious - is there a technical name for this?

    Definitely looks very bright on the Skyserver image!
    http://skyserver.sdss3.org/dr8/en/tools/chart/chart.asp?ra=159.05528705&dec=3.65059036

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator

    Personally it looks like an artifact for me, but we cant discount a chance alignment (star overlapping galaxy).

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