Need help identifying what this object is?
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by Fenrir1184
When I came across this image I thought it was a smooth galaxy, am I correct in this assumption?
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by ElisabethB moderator
Hi Fenrir1184 and welcome to the Zoo
The central object does look smooth, but it isn't a galaxy. It's a foreground star from our galaxy. Sometimes the software mistakes a star for a galaxy. So, Star/artifact would have been the correct classification.
Thanks for participating and happy hunting ! 😄
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