Galaxy Zoo Talk

green halo

  • Frank_Ammerlaan by Frank_Ammerlaan

    I wonder, what is causing the green halo?

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  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator

    That is an optical artifact. This image comes from a region where something went very wrong with the imaging.
    The object is a star from our galaxy. But the colors and the weird center are just artifacts

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  • Frank_Ammerlaan by Frank_Ammerlaan

    thx again! 😃

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