Galaxy Zoo Talk

Merger or just a background artifact?

  • dindon by dindon

    Is the smaller object at the top-left another galaxy getting eaten? I looked up the colour image on skyserver, and it makes it look more like something hanging in the background.

    Edit: by the way, I'm not sure if this kind of question is more appropriate for Chat -> The Objects, or Help -> The Objects or Science -> The Objects. What's the difference? They all seem to have a lot of activity.

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator

    You can post your questions anywhere 😃 We will still answer them!

    Here is the galaxy in colour from SkyServer (slightly rotated):

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    The smaller object in the top left of the image you classified is a foreground star. You can see it in the image above as the overlapping orange star in the lower left.

    Stars are quite distinctive in their shape and colouring.

    Hope this helps, and please post any other questions!

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