Disk Detective Talk

SIMBAD reference

  • dooces by dooces

    is it safe to assume if I check 'More Info on SIMBAD' and it references a galaxy, its not a #goodcandidate? there are some images i feel are borderline, and being able to check myself is satisfying, but not if that information is irrelevant...

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  • abans by abans scientist, moderator

    A good rule of thumb is check the "distance to center" listing on SIMBAD, if its more than about 10 arcsec away, then the object found in the SIMBAD data base is not the object you are looking at. The SIMBAD search is really pulling up objects with similar locations, not necessarily THE object you are looking at.

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