Subject: AGZ0001hvu

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• by Zonix

  It looks like rays are coming off of it like it is a blurry star.

  Posted November 4, 2012 3:35 AM

• by jmrinvt

  Is that something being ejected from a star?

  Posted November 18, 2012 5:19 PM

• by ElisabethB moderator

  Those are diffraction spikes. They are artifacts caused by light diffracting around the support vanes of the secondary mirror.

  Posted November 18, 2012 5:27 PM