Two streaks in this galaxy

• by ToonCandaele

  Is this normal, those two streaks in the galaxy ? How does something like this arises ?

  Posted March 24, 2013 12:56 PM

• by ElisabethB moderator

  That spiky object is not a galaxy but a bright foreground star from our galaxy.
  The colors and spikes are optical artifacts

  Posted March 24, 2013 12:58 PM