target galaxy

• by Budgieye moderator

  Target is the white galaxy, not the red. SDSS jumps to the nearest object with an ID, indicated by blue circles.. For some reason, the white galaxy doesn't have an ID.

  

  http://skyservice.pha.jhu.edu/DR9/ImgCutout/getjpeg.aspx?ra=139.56772241&dec=-1.94697876&scale=0.09903175&width=512&height=512&opt=&query=ra%2C+dec 139.57234%2C-1.94878

  

  http://skyserver.sdss.org/dr9/en/tools/explore/obj.asp?ra=139.57233551&dec=-1.94878102

  Posted March 19, 2017 7:01 AM

• by williamaskew

  Thanks for clearing that up Budgieye. I always wondered why it did that.

  Posted March 19, 2017 7:19 PM