Galaxy Zoo Talk

Star?

by LrrrOfOmicron

Isn't this just a really bright star?

Posted April 15, 2015 9:39 PM
by ElisabethB moderator

Nope, definitely a galaxy. I'd go for a gorgeous disk or spiral with an obvious bulge seen edge on.

Posted April 15, 2015 9:55 PM

Subject: AGZ000823x

by Clinton_Eveleigh

Is there a bright anomaly at the top of this galaxy or a background star?

Posted April 6, 2015 12:50 PM
by Machiel

What's this? Is there a star behind?

Posted May 7, 2015 6:48 PM
by Capella05 moderator

1/2 This is a galaxy - and no, that is not a star behind 😃 All the stars we see are foreground stars from our own galaxy so it would be ..

Posted May 7, 2015 7:06 PM
by Capella05 moderator

2/2 impossible to see stars behind galaxies billions of light years away. I would say this galaxy is host to an #AGN.

Posted May 7, 2015 7:07 PM