Red Line

• by kalspaugh

  What is the red line?

  Posted December 6, 2015 4:19 PM

• by ElisabethB moderator

  Hi kalspaugh and welcome to the Zoo

  The red line is probably a diffraction spike (optical artifact) caused by the bright star outside of this image. The red glow is also an optical artifact caused by that same bright star.

  Happy hunting ! 😄

  Posted December 6, 2015 4:28 PM

• by kalspaugh

  Thanks for your help on this and my previous posts concerning colors in the images.

  Posted December 10, 2015 9:25 PM