Galaxy Zoo Talk

Color and Shape

  • florenciox by florenciox

    What does the color and shape means here?

    Thanks

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator

    Hi @florenciox - welcome to Galaxy Zoo:-)

    The object at the center is actually a foreground star from our own galaxy. The weird spikes are an optical artifact called 'diffraction spikes', the blank / blue and pink center is another artifact called 'over-saturation' or 'over-exposure' - this happens when a camera photographs a really bright object.

    Let us know if you have any other questions 😃

    ~Capella05

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