Is this the space police?

• by Mc.Urist

  No really what is this?

  Posted October 5, 2017 5:10 PM

• by ElisabethB moderator

  Hi Mc.Urist and welcome to the Zoo

  See my comment to the left ! 😄

  Happy hunting !

  Posted October 5, 2017 6:54 PM

• by Mc.Urist

  Thank you.I was really shocked.

  Posted October 6, 2017 6:01 AM

• by CyberPaddy66

  I was going to ask if it was lens flare due to all of the objects being coloured and duplicated in the same direction or if someone's had spiked my morning coffee again 😉

  Posted October 8, 2017 11:58 AM

• by Budgieye moderator

  CyberPaddy66, See the top and bottom of this zoomed out image, where the next fields are correctly aligned.

  

  http://skyservice.pha.jhu.edu/DR9/ImgCutout/getjpeg.aspx?ra=20.13356162&dec=7.34226967&scale=0.79224&width=799&height=2000&opt=F&query=&Fields=on

  Posted October 9, 2017 8:05 AM

• by leeskelvin scientist

  Hi all, great to see the large postage stamp above!

  Sadly, mis-alignment of the various colour filters does occur from time to time, producing strange artefacts such as the one here.

  It can be easily rectified however, fortunately, so the data can still be used for science!

  Posted October 9, 2017 1:37 PM