Space Warps Talk

Red object?

  • eugenius by eugenius

    This seems to be a double star, presumably at least one of which is very red;
    but these seem to be rare on the images, so I tagged it, in case it is something
    more reelevant, such as a very distant galaxy being imaged.

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  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator

    The red object is indeed a star from our galaxy. These images are heavily processed, so these colors are not real.

    Happy hunting

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  • Budgieye by Budgieye moderator

    A double star (red+blue) does look pink or magenta. See Galaxy Zoo, Spectroscopic binaries
    http://www.galaxyzooforum.org/index.php?topic=10274.msg111534#msg111534

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