# Qhat os this object called

**URL:** <https://discuss.legacysurvey.org/t/qhat-os-this-object-called/16376>\
**Category:** Interesting things\
**Created:** [November 7, 2026, 2:13pm UTC](https://discuss.legacysurvey.org/t/qhat-os-this-object-called/16376 "2026-11-07T14:13:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![ravsanrahmatovic543](https://discuss.legacysurvey.org/user_avatar/discuss.legacysurvey.org/ravsanrahmatovic543/32/5988_2.png) [@ravsanrahmatovic543](https://discuss.legacysurvey.org/u/ravsanrahmatovic543)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2026, 2:13pm UTC](https://discuss.legacysurvey.org/t/qhat-os-this-object-called/16376/1 "2026-11-07T14:13:33Z")

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![](https://www.legacysurvey.org/viewer/cutout.jpg?ra=155.3852&dec=77.6032&layer=ls-dr11&pixscale=0.13)

> **[Legacy Survey Sky Browser](https://viewer.legacysurvey.org//?ra=155.3852&dec=77.6032&layer=ls-dr11&zoom=15)**

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**Author:** ![dstn](https://discuss.legacysurvey.org/user_avatar/discuss.legacysurvey.org/dstn/32/15_2.png) [@dstn](https://discuss.legacysurvey.org/u/dstn)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2026, 2:22pm UTC](https://discuss.legacysurvey.org/t/qhat-os-this-object-called/16376/2 "2026-11-07T14:22:54Z")

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That’s a star in the Milky Way (G spectral type) - the strange dark line is an artifact from our image processing software - bright stars are bright enough that they saturate the detectors, and then the software has problems.
