Please Ignore: This is a common telescope optics artifact.

• by DavidCG

  I realize now that it's an optical artifact of overexposure of a Milky Way star due to setting the correct exposure of the distant galaxy in the centre.

  Posted December 6, 2017 11:54 PM

• by Budgieye moderator

  Welcome DavidCG, and yes it is an artifact. I think it is overloaded ccds.

  Posted December 7, 2017 7:12 AM