Supernova?

by Ghost_Sheep_SWR

Really bright green star on SDSS, not clearly visible in DECaLS possible supernova or just foreground star? Cant seem to find the answer anywhere. SDSS star

Posted November 15, 2015 4:54 PM

by Budgieye moderator

I think too dim to be a supernova.

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1237663543149658364 http://skyserver.sdss.org/dr9/en/tools/explore/obj.asp?ra=338.4154119266811&dec=-0.11097259438455574

http://talk.galaxyzoo.org/#/boards/BGZ0000001/discussions/DGZ0000wrb?page=4&comment_id=53d8b997db90c7673f00101d

Posted November 15, 2015 5:47 PM

by Ghost_Sheep_SWR

Thanks for the feedback, and also the thread on cosmic ray strikes, which this very likely is; SDSS text;
mode PRIMARY flags MAYBE_CR DEBLEND_NOPEAK DEBLENDED_AT_EDGE BINNED1 DEBLENDED_AS_PSF INTERP COSMIC_RAY NOPETRO CHILD

Posted November 17, 2015 6:38 PM