Subject: AGZ0002smn

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by cowrawl

Anyone have any idea what this is? #strange #unusual #beam #blue #flat #awkward #noidea

Posted June 4, 2013 11:36 PM
by planetaryscience

it is a lens effect from a bright star just out of the image. It is common, and you can see a spike from the star on the left of the frame.

Posted October 5, 2013 2:24 AM
by john.talbot.astro

local star with diffraction spike,
background glare

Posted August 2, 2014 5:37 AM
by lostlens

#artifact glare / star

Posted August 3, 2014 12:43 PM