Galaxy Zoo Talk

Is there a galaxy?

  • xanthi373 by xanthi373

    I´d like to ask if there´s a galaxy here. What´s this red point?

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator in response to xanthi373's comment.

    Hello and welcome Xanthi373 😄

    To answer your first question - Yes, there is a galaxy at the center!

    The reason for the weird red colour is that this galaxy harbours a QSO (or quasar) 😃 These objects tend to look quite red in the UKIDSS infrared images. Here is the optical image (slightly rotated / flipped) of the same galaxy:

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    Even in the optical image you can see the core of the galaxy is intensely bright.

    Hope this helps and happy hunting!

    Capella.

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  • xanthi373 by xanthi373

    Thank you very much. As I´m new here every comment is very helpful for me.

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator in response to xanthi373's comment.

    No worries 😃 That is what we are here for!

    If you have any other questions, just post it and one of us will get back to you 😄

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