What's going on in this picture?

What's that green line with purple at either side?

Posted November 28, 2016 5:37 AM

by ElisabethB moderator

Hi jtonerii and welcome to the Zoo

The green line with the purple splotches is (sadly) just an optical artifact.

Happy hunting ! 😄

Posted November 28, 2016 8:05 AM

by vrooje admin, scientist

Well, that's going in my "Weird artifacts" collection for sure. At least the galaxy itself is classifiable!

Posted November 28, 2016 6:31 PM

by Budgieye moderator

Agree. I think it is a tumbling satellite.

edit: link deleted!

Posted November 29, 2016 6:17 PM

by ElisabethB moderator

Really ! It doesn't look like a satellite trail to me (but that is just me)

And your link just gets me to some Google maps images ! 😮 A red car parked in front of some buildings in the country ! 😄

Posted November 29, 2016 10:22 PM

by Budgieye moderator

Ooops! silly me. Try again. There is more of the trail visible.

Posted November 30, 2016 5:12 AM

I thought your first link was a joke, but I couldn't for the life of me understand what was funny 😃

Posted November 30, 2016 10:45 AM