Galaxy Zoo Talk

What is that light in the corner?

  • Boysdontcry by Boysdontcry

    What is that light in the corner?

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  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator

    Hi Boysdontcry and welcome to the Zoo,

    Both the spiky object and the orange/yellow one are foreground stars from our galaxy. The colors and spikes are optical artifacts.

    Happy hunting ! 😄

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