Subject: AGZ0002rfp

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• by Veegee

  I don't think it is anything other than a camera flair, but sure looks cool and centered on that #spiral!

  Posted October 17, 2012 4:49 AM

• by StereoSpace

  Agree. Very cool.

  Posted October 17, 2012 4:57 AM

• by williamaskew

  This is odd. i looked on SS and this doesnt seem to be coming from any where, ie star. when larger it seems to have form.

  Posted January 30, 2015 6:34 PM

• by Capella05 moderator

  Please don't call it SS 😃 It is SkyServer 😃 I will have a look...

  Posted January 30, 2015 6:51 PM

• by Capella05 moderator

  1/3 I think they are in fact diffraction spikes from a star off screen to the left. If you look at the widescreen image there is a similar..

  Posted January 30, 2015 6:56 PM

• by Capella05 moderator

  2/3 but fainter artifact just below this one. Both spatially relate to 2 stars that happen to be imaged in a different field on the left.

  Posted January 30, 2015 6:59 PM

• by Capella05 moderator

  3/3 Because they are in different fields we can have artifacts that would only be visible to images within this field. Hope this helps!

  Posted January 30, 2015 7:05 PM

• by williamaskew

  I saw the star. these are visible on WISE

  Posted January 30, 2015 7:09 PM

• by williamaskew

  i cant see the similar ones you talk about . could be my screen though.

  Posted January 30, 2015 7:12 PM

• by Capella05 moderator

  http://skyserver.sdss3.org/dr8/en/tools/chart/chart.asp?ra=18.32208446&dec=23.26652521

  Posted January 30, 2015 7:16 PM

• by Capella05 moderator

  1' below the bright one

  Posted January 30, 2015 7:17 PM

• by megadeth4ever8000

  two red streams. #what is it???

  Posted February 8, 2015 9:52 AM

• by Claudio_Pulcher

  intriguing 😃

  Posted February 9, 2015 5:24 PM

• by ElisabethB moderator

  The two red beams are optical artifacts caused by a bright star outside of this image : http://tinyurl.com/pjot4sl

  Posted February 9, 2015 5:27 PM