Galaxy Zoo Talk

Bright yellow object

  • Brandi7293 by Brandi7293

    Right of center, it appears that a smaller star is directly in front of a larger star. Does anyone else think this is a possibility? It seems to me that it really could be, but anyway, it's very interesting ! 😃

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  • Budgieye by Budgieye moderator

    The actual stars would be much smaller, they appear big because the atmosphere of the Earth makes their image smooth and fuzzy. Maybe they would only be a pixel across, maybe smaller?

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    You can see the bar length: it is 1 arc-sec long.

    Betelgeuse is a large star and "near", and it has a width of 0.05 arc-sec, which is about 10 pixels wide. These stars would be much, much smaller.

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