The Milky Way Project Talk

Bright balls

  • shifter100 by shifter100

    What are the bright balls that i keep seeing?

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  • gwolfchase by gwolfchase scientist

    In this case you're looking at stars -- note the 'spikes' and bright rings.

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  • gwolfchase by gwolfchase scientist

    Stars are point sources and will show those features, whereas compact bubbles have some extent and won't show rings/spikes.

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