by 13FOBria1

What is the one in the centre? It is far brighter than the other galaxies in the picture,

Posted October 5, 2016 10:43 AM

by Budgieye moderator

The software has targeted a yellow star, thinking that it is the brightest part of the galaxy. If the star is small, somethings we just ignore it and classify the galaxy. But this one is quite big. Maybe best to classify as star / artifact and hope the the problem gets solved in the next survey.

http://legacysurvey.org/viewer/jpeg-cutout/?ra=226.3362&dec=5.6317&zoom=14&layer=decals-dr3

Posted October 5, 2016 5:48 PM