Galaxy Zoo Talk

Help with classification

  • VikingvirusUK by VikingvirusUK

    Is this a star with a blurry corona or a galaxy? Also the central ball has different colours does this mean anything?

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  • fatha731 by fatha731

    That's definately a galaxy. An elliptical to be exact. The darker spot on the. iLife and the slight discolouration are all artifacts, hence not real. Note the two spheres down right, those are stars.

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  • jopipen by jopipen

    Try viewing with the NED viewer to get a better idea how the camera reacts to the light for many stars and galaxies in a field. The bright ball is the "bulge" and the spiral might be obscured by dust? Look at other redshift z = .01 galaxies to compare.

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