Space Warps Talk

Odd feature

by NuttyMonk

Hi,

does anyone know what the obviously odd feature in this spacewarp image is all about?

Cheers

NM

Posted May 8, 2013 4:18 PM
by ElisabethB moderator

If you mean the spiky thing : that is what bright stars look like in these images

Posted May 8, 2013 5:57 PM

Subject: ASW00002ca

by NuttyMonk

This feature looks decidedly odd and not natural. Anyone got an idea?

Posted May 8, 2013 4:17 PM
by vrooje

Do you mean the spiky thing? That's what a bright star looks like. 😃

Posted May 8, 2013 4:21 PM
by ttfnrob

The object in the top-left is a #galaxy. To me it looks like a spiral galaxy thats a bit bright for these images. Nice find 😃

Posted May 8, 2013 4:21 PM
by NuttyMonk

yeah the spiky thing. No probs, thought the image may have been knackered...

Posted May 8, 2013 4:30 PM
by cecilefaure scientist

yep, the light from the stars overload the CCDs of the camera, and they fload entire columns and rows

Posted May 8, 2013 6:00 PM