Blue light

• by mjlavall

  I wonder what the source of that blue light is, it appears something is eclipsing the source.

  Posted October 11, 2013 10:26 PM

• by JeanTate

  It's a fairly bright star, in our own galaxy. With stars as bright as this, many strange artifacts are often seen, such as the odd 'eclipse-like' core, and the four 'spikes' (they're called 'diffraction spikes'). The artifacts are caused by light bouncing around inside the camera.

  Posted October 12, 2013 1:17 AM