Possible supernovae spotted

• by kornus

  Hi guys,
  Is it just an impression or could this be a supernovae?
  Thanks,

  #supernovae #nova

  Posted July 22, 2017 12:24 PM

• by Budgieye moderator

  Welcome to Galaxy Zoo Talk, kornus

  This isn't a supernova. It is not round enough, and supernovae are usually greenish.

  It is not a foreground star either, because it is not round. If we look in other surveys, you can see it is slightly irregular.

  It is actually a bright starforming clump in the galaxy. It was mentioned in the comments.

  PanSTARRS

  http://ps1images.stsci.edu/cgi-bin/ps1cutouts?pos=38.13405218%2C-8.6073&filter=color&filter=g&filter=r&filter=i&filter=z&filter=y&filetypes=stack&auxiliary=data&size=240&output_size=0&verbose=0&autoscale=99.500000&catlist=

  

  http://legacysurvey.org/viewer/jpeg-cutout/?ra=38.1339&dec=-8.6072&zoom=16&layer=decals-dr3

  Is it a supernova? Check transients with Aladin https://talk.galaxyzoo.org/?_ga=2.197780399.1487098012.1493877526-711441289.1371287491#/boards/BGZ0000007/discussions/DGZ0002gsd

  Posted July 22, 2017 1:02 PM