broken lens?

• by rubb8

  I don't really know what this should represent...

  Posted March 22, 2013 4:58 PM

• by Mjtbarrett

  Here's the wider picture. What you've spotted is an optical artifact from a foreground star. In this case a very impressive star!
  

  Posted March 22, 2013 5:33 PM

• by Mjtbarrett

  a bit fiddly to get a match, but I think that this is * ups Leo? See http://www.astrostudio.org/xhip.php?hip=56647 for more details.
  

  Posted March 22, 2013 5:41 PM

• by Mjtbarrett

  one more (slightly wider) view. For more help identifying artifacts see : http://talk.galaxyzoo.org/help/discussions/DGZ1006byh Hope this helps.
  

  Posted March 22, 2013 5:49 PM