What´s this dusty, irregular, blue-orange thing?

• by Elyon

  -||- and that orange spot down there?

  Posted January 6, 2016 1:16 AM

• by Budgieye moderator

  The middle object is a galaxy. It is probably a side-on view, the nucleus is the browner part, and the outer arms are blue, since there is more star formation in the arms. The orange spot at the bottom is a "nearby" star in our own galaxy.

  Posted January 6, 2016 9:23 AM