Galaxy Zoo Talk

Galaxy ?

  • bluemagi by bluemagi

    Is this a galaxy or a star ? Unusual color.

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  • Budgieye by Budgieye moderator

    It is a red star, probably a brown dwarf. Mark as star / artifact. There is a spectrum, giving ID as galaxy, but there is no galaxy like that nearby, and it looks like a brown dwarf star spectrum to me.

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    More brown dwarf examples http://www.galaxyzooforum.org/index.php?topic=273473.0

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