Galaxy Zoo Talk

Satellite galaxies?

  • bundrew by bundrew

    Do these small rounded objects look more like very dim foreground stars or possible satellite galaxies around this likely spiral galaxy?

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator

    The round objects look like foreground stars, it is clearer in the SkyServer image as the colour differentiation is more pronounced:

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    Lovely edge-on disk galaxy at the center!

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