Orange star - bright explosion?
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Arnutt
Very new to Galaxy Zoo - is this of any interest or merely a bright orange sun much like our own?
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Budgieye
moderator
Actually it is a dim little star mag 16 . SIMBAD star chart doesn't seem to have it catalogued yet. The other stars around it are even dimmer. It seems to be a red star, the center is overexposed. It does seem quite bright, maybe it is a distant red supergiant or maybe it is a variable star.
http://skyserver.sdss3.org/dr8/en/tools/explore/obj.asp?id=1237663272562197477
The target that was supposed to be classified is the little red one above it but that is hopeless, so classify as star or artifact.
http://skyserver.sdss3.org/dr8/en/tools/explore/obj.asp?id=1237663272562197474
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