Galaxy Zoo Talk

Bright Pink Object

  • Terrance_L._Johnson by Terrance_L._Johnson

    Can anyone say what the bright pink object is? It has kind of a spiral shape, but who has ever seen a spiral that color. Could it be some kind of voorwerp?

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  • dj_tjitso by dj_tjitso

    *reviving this old discussion

    The pink object is clearly a galaxy, but why is it pink? Artifact? Chromatic aberrations? Other?

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator

    It looks like a filter / processing problem - here is the zoomed out SkyServer image:

    AGZ00044wq

    You can see that the other small galaxies are afflicted with the same problem.

    Remember - the colours you are seeing are not real - they are applied (1 per filter) during image processing. The original images are greyscale.

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  • dj_tjitso by dj_tjitso

    I see what you're talking about. Thanks for explaining.

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator

    No worries 😃

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