Faint foreground star, satellite galaxy or transient?

• by Abe_Hoekstra

  There is a faint reddish feature at the 4 o'clock position.

  

  Posted January 5, 2018 10:48 PM

• by Budgieye moderator

  Agree. The red side appears to be real, as I can see it in DECaLS, too.
  I'm not sure about the blue circle. Maybe a variable star?

  

  https://zooniverse-static.s3.amazonaws.com/www.galaxyzoo.org/subjects/standard/58580d27d369fd0040000d4d.pn

  DECaLS http://legacysurvey.org/viewer?ra=216.5061&dec=0.8278&zoom=16&layer=decals-dr2

  Posted January 6, 2018 11:26 AM