Very bright object in top left. Can anyone help identify?
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After trying to help classify galaxies for a few hours I've come across this strange image and would be delighted if anyone could identify the object towards the top of the picture.
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by ElisabethB moderator
Hi nottinghamman and welcome to the Zoo
The bright spiky object, top left, is a foregound star fom our galaxy. The colors, spikes and weird center are all optical artifacts !
Happy hunting ! 😄
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by Rick_N.
Agreed. If one looks at the zoomed-out image, although the orientation is different, you can see the star more clearly.
http://skyserver.sdss3.org/dr8/en/tools/explore/obj.asp?id=1237680505044992596
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