100 points of light but not what you think

• by Carbon60

  Hard to tell if this a star or galaxy. Only about a 10x10 square of captured light. 100 pixels of light is tiny and since it is so small i am inclined to say its a star. Galaxy, no star, no wait, galaxy again....no, star o.O.o

  Posted December 18, 2015 10:08 AM

• by Budgieye moderator

  We ( the citizen scientists) don't have to know what it is, we only have to describe the shape. If many people classify it as a star, then it looks like a star, and the Galaxy Zoo analysis software will know that this galaxy is small, round, and looks like a star.

  But if is interesting to try to see what it is. SDSS says starburst galaxy I find them annoyingly small and hard to classify.

  If you look at the spectral chart, you can see that the SDSS search software thought that this might be a quasar (QSO). But the the spectral chart shows it to be a starburst galaxy.

  

  There is an emission spectrum.

  http://skyserver.sdss.org/dr9/en/tools/explore/obj.asp?ra=330.8194202026233&dec=-0.8911527078263204

  

  Posted December 18, 2015 9:32 PM