Galaxy Zoo Talk

Not sure what this is

  • jordanch68 by jordanch68

    Possibly a star ?

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  • Budgieye by Budgieye moderator

    I was going to say star, but it think it is a distant galaxy. It has poor imaging at the beginning of the night's photography. It may be a distant round galaxy, and SkyServer has labelled it as a galaxy. It has a PhotoZ, but SkyServer and PhotoZ are run by computer software, which can make mistakes.

    objID 123764977079497524 z 0.121532 zErr -1000

    It is slightly fuzzier than a star.

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    Possibly It may be a star with some nebulosity around it.

    here is a nearby star, in comparison

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    It should be classified as smooth, round, but actually it will probably end up labelled as star/artifact. A better image would help.

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