the bright object in this image

• by aswindev

  What is the bright object on the right side of this image?
  It looks incredibly bright.

  Posted August 13, 2014 8:49 PM

• by ElisabethB moderator

  Hi aswindev and welcome to the Zoo

  The bright object to the right is a foreground star from our galaxy. The colors, spikes and weird center are all optical artifacts.

  Happy hunting ! 😄

  Posted August 13, 2014 9:12 PM