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• by astrokye

  I am a long time amatuer astronomer, but new to Galaxy Zoo. What is this??!! An "artifact", a star, or something else. It's prety obviously NOT a galaxy!

  Posted April 19, 2015 9:36 PM

• by c_cld

  classified as #star in many catalogs queryable in Vizier.

  This "examine" view from Candels show Airy rings (red, green, red )

  other composites by http://archive.stsci.edu/eidol.php?POS=53.14609909057617-27.812299728393555&resolver=Resolve&SIZE=2.8&outputformat=HTML_Table

  Posted April 19, 2015 10:11 PM

• by ElisabethB moderator

  Hi astrokye and welcome to the Zoo

  As C_cld said, this is indeed a star from our galaxy.

  Happy hunting ! 😄

  Posted April 19, 2015 10:12 PM