Foreground star?
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The central galaxy NGC 1267 has a note in NED that considers the bright object to be a bright foreground star. But every catalogue focuses on the bright object as the center of NGC 1267.
Could there be a misunderstanding? Either it is a foreground star and not the center of NGC 1267 and catalogue positions are wrong, or it is not a foreground star which would make it even more interesting since it isn't centered on NGC 1267.
SDSS galaxy with spectrum, without NGC designation.
http://skyserver.sdss.org/dr9/en/tools/explore/obj.asp?ra=49.68628296325062&dec=41.46747542625518
SDSS, SIMBAD and Aladin position for NGC 1267 centered on bright object.
http://skyserver.sdss.org/dr9/en/tools/explore/obj.asp?id=1237661055281725840
http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=NGC+1267
http://aladin.u-strasbg.fr/AladinLite/?target=NGC 1267&fov=0.033334&survey=P%2FDSS2%2Fcolor
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Hmm can't make anything other from it then a foreground star AFAIK, guess the catalogues are wrong with center position.
And something completely unrelated but fun with exploring Aladin, see stars move 😃 . SDSS9 + POSSI images, first moving star to the right has a proper motion of 0.264 arcsec/year according to SDSS - USNO, movement around 6 arcsec so the POSSI plate should be around 22~23 years old. Amazing
https://imgflip.com/gif/1i1fle
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