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A Dutch schoolteacher clicking through galaxy images on a volunteer website in 2007 flagged a green smudge she couldn’t identify and asked what it was. It turned out to be a cloud of gas lit by a quasar that had already switched off, and astronomers named the object after her.

An amateur astronomer's casual observation became a cosmic mystery that still puzzles scientists today. The post A Dutch schoolteacher clicking through galaxy images on a volunteer website in 2007 flagged a green smudge she couldn’t identify and asked what it was. It turned out to be a cloud of gas lit by a quasar that had already switched off, and astronomers named the object after her. appeared first on Space Daily .