Curious image --- What is this object?

• by RichardHB

  A galaxy group looks interacting.

  This object is referenced as a star and does not look like that RA, dec (185.23943311, 1.58683658)

  (http://skyserver.sdss.org/dr9/en/tools/explore/obj.asp?id=1237651735222354183)

  Thanks.

  Posted November 16, 2017 5:37 AM

• by Budgieye moderator

  SkyServer says star, but SkyServer is often wrong. It just measure shape.

  round=star

  not round=galaxy

  though I don't know how it managed this one. Just too faint I suppose.

  NED says galaxy. It looks like a faint galaxy.

  

  http://skyserver.sdss.org/dr9/en/tools/explore/obj.asp?id=12376517352223541

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  DECaLS

  http://legacysurvey.org/viewer?ra=185.2395&dec=1.5868&zoom=16&layer=decals-dr2

  Posted November 17, 2017 12:02 AM

• by RichardHB

  Thanks for the info.

  Posted November 17, 2017 2:44 AM