Galaxy Zoo Talk

What is this?

  • joodyka by joodyka

    Object right from galaxy in center.
    What could it be?

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  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator

    Hi joodyka and welcome to the Zoo

    The bright, spiky object to the right is a foreground star from our galaxy. The colors, spikes and weird center are all optical artifacts.

    Happy hunting ! 😄

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