New Planetry Nebula or Galaxie?

[seanliddelow]

I was looking at galaxies in Microsoft World Wide Telescope when I came across a very odd object near NGC 4261 ( An active galaxy). The object is reddish and is shaped like a Planetry nebula but there is no indication of a central star. If the object is a galaxie would be irregular. The object may be accosiated with NGC 4261. The object is not in the sloan digital sky survey but it is in the les powerful digital sky survey. The object looks like it is 16 mag. Heres a picture-

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[DavidU]

It's there alright
http://aladin.u-strasbg.fr/alapre.pl?-c=12+19++23.2%2B05+49+31&button=RGB

[pgc hunter]

If you look closely, it appears to resemble a certain unsavoury hand gesture.

[seanliddelow]

Ive noticed that:P

Could this object be a dss glitch as it doesnt appear in the sdss?

[pgc hunter]

I think it's a glitch. A very offensive glitch :lol: It seems odd to me that an object that obvious hasn't officially been catalogued and found in mainstream lore. I mean if it was a DSO of some description we'd know about it. Glitches are quite common in DSS images, just have a browse of sky-map.org and you'll see what I mean.

[Waxing_Gibbous]

Hmmmn.
The "Up Yours" Nebula. I like it.

[DavidU]

Yep, I'll go with that !NGC UY001

[mswhin63]

I would call it the snail nebula. great image BTW

[seanliddelow]

I think its just a glitch
Maybe someone left a rude cheese twistie lying on the photographic plate?