Galaxy Zoo Talk

jets from the blackhole

by lbessi

Are in this picture jets from the blackhole ?

Posted April 12, 2015 7:01 PM
by ElisabethB moderator

Hi lbessi and welcome to the Zoo

The 'jets' are a diffraction spike (optical artifact) caused by a bright star outside of this image.

Happy hunting ! 😄

Posted April 12, 2015 8:34 PM

Subject: AGZ00085vx

by alexander.n.parker

jets in both directions from galaxy core

Posted April 4, 2015 2:01 AM
by Budgieye moderator

spikes from a nearby star

Posted April 5, 2015 1:23 AM
by lbessi

#jet from the #blackhole
😄

Posted April 12, 2015 6:52 PM
by ElisabethB moderator

The 'jets' are a diffraction spike (optical artifact) caused by a bright star outside of this image. Sorry !

Posted April 12, 2015 8:35 PM
by Dipstrip

#lens flare

Posted April 29, 2015 7:33 PM
by Capella05 moderator

#no_lens

Posted September 20, 2015 5:21 PM