Galaxy Zoo Talk

connected or not?

  • Admino by Admino

    Hi,

    it seems unlikely that they would be connected, and yet, the cloud seems to bend / being pushed..
    Is it a red giant taking suddenly so much space that it is pushing the rest aside?

    By the way, is that ok that I open a discussion every time I have a question?

    Thanks
    Admino

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  • Budgieye by Budgieye moderator

    The red star in the middle is a foreground star in our own galaxy. The software isn't smart enough to know that the red star isn't part of the galaxy. The images are taken apart lassoed, masked, cleaned, and put back together, and the dark area around the star is normal after all this treatment.

    It is best to open a discussion, because there isn't enough room for long comments under the images.

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