Galaxy Zoo Talk

Strange Purplish Light

  • Kingreturned by Kingreturned

    What is that purplish light on the left hand side?

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  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator

    Hi Kingreturned and welcome to Galaxy Zoo

    The bright white object with the purplish glow is a foreground star from our galaxy. But the colors are not real and the spikes are also optical artifacts.

    Happy hunting ! 😄

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  • EyeOnSkies by EyeOnSkies

    Elisabeth, dont hide the truth from us! rar rar rar!!!!!

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  • Budgieye by Budgieye moderator

    A zoomed out view, showing the star.

    enter image description here

    http://legacysurvey.org/viewer?ra=224.5835&dec=12.7236&zoom=15&layer=decals-dr2

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