Bright object in one of the arms

• by nazarm

  Can someone comment on the object in the arm of this galaxy. Is it a star/galaxy within the arm or just behind/in front of the view plain?

  Posted May 16, 2016 4:54 AM

• by Budgieye moderator

  The bright star is a foreground star, it is in our own galaxy, much "closer". We can't see individual stars in distant galaxies unless they explode as supernovae. This isn't a supernova, it is the wrong colour and is present in both DECsLS and SDSS images taken 10 years apart.

  For more info on stars, see

  4.1 Supernova in Talk, Forum, SDSS The Legacy Survey: Stripe 82, and Galaxy Zoo: The Hunt for Supernova. BBC Stargazing Live Snapshot Supernova http://talk.galaxyzoo.org/#/boards/BGZ0000001/discussions/DGZ0000wrb?page=4&comment_id=53d8b997db90c7673f00101d

  Posted May 16, 2016 7:25 AM