Subject: AGZ00062ek

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• by james_involute

  I see a very faint vertical line through the galaxy centre on an incredible scale - so large it feels like an artifact. #jet #questions

  Posted September 15, 2012 9:48 AM

• by JeanTate

  I think it's a #satellitetrail. They're fairly common in SDSS images, though few go right over the nucleus! Or maybe a #diffractionspike ?

  Posted September 15, 2012 10:26 AM

• by klmasters scientist, admin

  Wow! Good eyes! It's more obviously an image artifact (possibly a diffraction spike from somewhere) in the Skyserver image (follow "examine"

  Posted September 17, 2012 4:07 PM

• by klmasters scientist, admin

  Or see here: http://skyserver.sdss3.org/dr8/en/tools/chart/chart.asp?ra=358.57882216&dec=31.72040487

  Posted September 17, 2012 4:07 PM

• by klmasters scientist, admin

  Actually if you zoom out a lot I think you can faintly see it's the edge of a field where the background colour is subtly different.

  Posted September 17, 2012 4:08 PM