What am I looking at here?

• by Melanie_Hoffman

  What is the blue / purple shape I am seeing here?

  Posted November 11, 2013 1:57 PM

• by ElisabethB moderator

  First of, always classify the object in the center of the image. Here I see a smooth - in between galaxy.

  The bright object at the top is a foreground star from our galaxy. The colors and spikes are optic alartifacts.

  Posted November 11, 2013 2:15 PM