Galaxy Zoo Talk

Is this an articfact?

by hoppeler

It looks quite different to other artifacts I have seen

Posted September 25, 2012 2:41 PM
by ElisabethB moderator

yes, it's an optical artifact caused by the glare of a star just outside of this pic.

Posted September 25, 2012 3:08 PM

Subject: AGZ0003jq8

by hoppeler

I guess this is an artifact but I haven't seen one like this before. Any opinions?

Posted September 25, 2012 2:39 PM
by JeanTate

I call it #fauxzodiacallight. There's a very bright star, stage left; so it's a kind of #artifact

Posted September 25, 2012 2:40 PM
by Jose_Ramon_Arenal

optical effects left by Starlight

Posted October 27, 2012 4:14 PM
by DarkResonanceAlpha

I don't really know what it is, if anything, but it's rather neat looking.

Posted December 5, 2013 4:08 AM
by Owen_Williams

This is pretty amazing!

Posted June 17, 2014 11:35 PM
by Andrewgalaxy

I'd like to hear what the an astrophysisist would say about this.

Posted June 20, 2014 10:08 AM