why is it so colourful?
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J05HM0N5TER
is it a star or what
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Budgieye
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Two reasons: it is a star that is saturating the ccds, and the location is getting close to the Milky Way in the sky, and getting very red
http://skyserver.sdss3.org/dr8/en/tools/explore/obj.asp?id=1237656232029519969
When I am not sure what is happening, I zoom out and sometimes that helps.
help is here at
How do I : Find out more information about the galaxy I have classified?
http://talk.galaxyzoo.org/#/boards/BGZ0000005/discussions/DGZ0000lv2Posted