Galaxy Zoo Talk

Too bright thing what is it?

by Karthik.

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Posted August 15, 2017 4:42 PM
by ElisabethB moderator

The bright object at the bottom is a foreground star from our galaxy, but the colours and spikes are just optical artifacts.

Posted August 15, 2017 6:25 PM

Subject: AGZ000d02h

by FatimahAwaji

Black ring in the middle of the galaxy. Also, what's going on below that galaxy? Is that a huge blue star?

Posted July 29, 2017 6:23 PM
by alex_nnn

The blue thing is a star and that black #ring is the lane of dust ( #dustlane )

Posted July 29, 2017 7:04 PM
by ElisabethB moderator

1/2

Erm ! The blue thing is indeed a foreground star from our galaxy, but the 'black' ring is not dust at all !

Posted July 29, 2017 7:19 PM
by ElisabethB moderator

2/2

It is just the void between the centre and the spiral arms;

Posted July 29, 2017 7:19 PM
by zoob1172

wide thin diffuse OLR #SAB early ETG .050748 & learly MTG .050602 edge-on boxy Sc NE

Posted July 29, 2017 9:31 PM