Galaxy Zoo Talk

what is that silver thing

  • bailey00 by bailey00

    It looks like a galaxy but what is that small shiny silver thing is it a planet or a star

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  • JeanTate by JeanTate in response to bailey00's comment.

    To the bottom left? That's a foreground star, in our own galaxy; it looks a little funny because it's fairly bright (for an SDSS star! It's far too faint to see with your own eyes, without a good telescope): the light bounces around inside the telescope and camera, and saturates some of the pixels in the detector, causing 'an overflow'

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