Subject: AGZ000efwo

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• by lit123

  Could someone comment as to what this is ?

  Posted January 5, 2018 7:57 AM

• by Saythein

  An artifact.

  Posted January 5, 2018 10:26 AM

• by Rymdvikingen

  This is not an artifact.
  http://skyserver.sdss.org/dr9/en/tools/explore/obj.asp?ra=212.35664044&dec=2.7724272

  Posted January 7, 2018 7:50 PM

• by ElisabethB moderator

  It is most definitely an artifact. The spikes and the round structure are optical artifacts caused by a bright star outside of this image.

  Posted January 7, 2018 8:01 PM

• by boulevardchild

  The picture is mostly an artifact, but there is a galaxy at its center.

  Posted January 10, 2018 2:13 AM