Bright blue dot

• by JustDreamer

  What may be the blue dot in the background?

  Posted November 3, 2017 7:50 AM

• by Budgieye moderator

  Welcome, JustDreamer

  Hmm... nothing there in SDSS or DECaLS, so must be a transient. Probably a cosmic ray hit. It is not the right shape for an asteroid.

  SDDS

  http://skyserver.sdss.org/dr9/en/tools/explore/obj.asp?ra=176.99653951&dec=0.94956024

  DECaLS

  http://legacysurvey.org/viewer?ra=176.9964&dec=0.9494&zoom=16&layer=decals-dr2

  Posted November 3, 2017 1:25 PM

• by JustDreamer in response to Budgieye's comment.

  Thanks for the information.

  Posted November 4, 2017 9:05 AM