Galaxy Zoo Talk

dark spot

  • HMB6EQUJ5 by HMB6EQUJ5

    very difficult to categorize .....however what is that dark spot in center of nuclei . shows up on invert

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  • vrooje by vrooje admin, scientist

    Sometimes bright stars seem to have a dark spot in the imaging here, and likewise this is a galaxy with a bright core that happens to look a bit dark. It's an #artifact of the creation of color images, but it's still clearly a galaxy that you can classify, so just try to ignore it and classify the other features.

    These show up sometimes and you do get used to them -- thank you for classifying! 😃

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