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It is a comet on the top right corner???

  • Rdlm by Rdlm

    Other question : are there sometimes comets on the pictures?

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  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator

    Hi Rdlm and welcome to the Zoo

    Sorry, that is not a comet, top right corner. It is a foreground star superimposed on a small edge on galaxy.

    And this is what comets look like in the SDSS images : http://www.galaxyzooforum.org/index.php?topic=437.0

    Happy hunting ! 😄

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