Strange object or photo grain?

• by twallingford

  There appears to be a strange object above and slightly to the left of the main object in the image. Is that an actual object or just photo grain?

  Posted June 14, 2014 5:12 PM

• by JeanTate in response to twallingford's comment.

  You mean this one (image orientation is a bit different)?

  

  That's SDSS J125735.56+200732.1, and is likely a galaxy. You can see some more examples of this sort of wispy stuff in this GZ forum Object of the Day, Wispy Stuff, Not Galaxies?

  Posted June 15, 2014 5:40 AM