Galaxy Zoo Talk

Bright Thing

  • suafle by suafle

    Is that bright thing a supernova? I can see a sort of jets

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  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator in response to suafle's comment.

    Hi suafle and welcome to the Zoo,

    The bright object, bottom right, is a foreground star from our galaxy. The colours, spikes and 'jets' are all just optical artifacts.

    Happy hunting !

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