not a galaxy

by liometopum

Gee, I literally shut down the chat window, and looked at the next galaxy. I get this artifact. I go to Galaxy Zoo, to skyserver, and it says this is a galaxy. WHAT???

Posted December 1, 2014 5:27 AM

by Budgieye moderator

trouble with the filters. Look in examine and the z filter. Mark as artifact, since there is no useful information.

Look at http://www.galaxyzoo.org/#/examine/AGZ00017y0 and there is an extended light source there.

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http://skyserver.sdss3.org/dr8/en/tools/chart/chart.asp?ra=356.90795956&dec=68.16893338

Posted December 1, 2014 12:32 PM

by ElisabethB moderator in response to liometopum's comment.

Skyserver is sometimes wrong ! And that is where we come in ! 😄

Posted December 1, 2014 1:13 PM