Example of Star superimposed on a Galaxy

• by Les Ellis

  Very interesting in the lower wavelengths. What causes this?

  Posted February 4, 2014 3:44 PM

• by lrebull scientist, translator, admin

  That is .. odd. It looks like a galaxy. SIMBAD says that there is a star right there too. But go a little deeper in SIMBAD, and it turns out to be a star superimposed on a galaxy - NGC 676!

  Posted February 5, 2014 5:42 PM

• by DNiergarth

  I've seen that nodularity before. Guess I'll be digging into SED and SIMBAD more often.

  Posted February 6, 2014 3:08 AM