Galaxy Zoo Talk

Star or galaxy ?

  • Vishal_Arora by Vishal_Arora

    Hello all, earlier I spotted a star thinking of it as a galaxy and it had similar appearance like this.

    So, my question is, if this is a star, can it be some sort of binary system ? or if it is a galaxy, are we observing a merger here ?
    Thanks in advance.

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  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator

    Hiya,

    All the objects in this image are stars from our galaxy. But there are some very serious imaging and filter problems.

    Classify as star/#artifact

    Happy hunting ! 😄

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator in response to Vishal Arora's comment.

    Looking at these images we would not be able to tell if it was a binary star system. It could just be by line of sight that they appear connected.

    Hope this helps 😃

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  • Vishal_Arora by Vishal_Arora

    Thank you Elisabeh and Capella for explaination 😃

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