Colours?

• by MaFox

  What do colours mean on images and that off shoot of light from the galaxy in the corner?

  Posted August 15, 2016 11:09 AM

• by ElisabethB moderator

  The purple band at the top is just an optical artifact.

  The bright object, top right, is a foreground star from our galaxy. The spike is just an optical artifact.

  Happy hunting !

  Posted August 15, 2016 12:21 PM

• by MaFox in response to ElisabethB's comment.

  Thanks! Getting the hang of it...

  Posted August 17, 2016 11:33 PM