pink dots

• by crbenzon

  Does anyone know what those tiny pink/purple dots are? Is is an artifact from image processing or the telescope itself? It doesn't look like lensing to me, but I marked it anyway because I thought it was odd.

  Posted October 23, 2013 11:29 PM

• by ElisabethB moderator

  This is an infrared image of this one :

  

  No pinkish dots here. Definitely artifacts for me and definitely no lensing.

  More info on the infrared images here : GalaxyZoo continues to evolve

  Posted October 23, 2013 11:50 PM

• by crbenzon

  Thank you for clarifying that!

  Posted October 24, 2013 1:31 AM