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Galaxies near the border?

juanpalomo
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November 11, 2020, 12:56 am

Not sure whether a galaxy near the border of the image counts as a glitch or not. I found this image:

I marked it as "no galaxy" because I can't see any galaxy at the center, but should I also mark it as "glitch or error" since the image is cropped?

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LPE
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November 17, 2020, 12:46 pm

A  lot of images are like this as a consequence of the way the images are captured and split up, so it's not really a glitch or error. It doesn't cause any problems if you choose that option, however. It is just adding helpful information for the astronomers when they sort through the images to find the ones that need more attention after being processed with the algorithm.

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