Please help identify why Asrobin is displaying image with a line through it.

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Gina Knight avatar
Gina Knight avatar

Hello - can anyone kindly help me identify what is causing Astrobin to display my image with a line running through it? This is the first time I’ve encountered itThe image was processed in PixInsight and there is no line appearing in PI or in Photoshop. I asked CHatGPT to help me troubleshoot and the suggestion was to remove the ICC color profile which I did, but still the same issue. Have any of you encountered this issue?

Salvatore Iovene avatar
Salvatore Iovene avatar

Hi Gina, can you link to the image please?

Quinn Groessl avatar
Quinn Groessl avatar

Salvatore Iovene · Dec 11, 2025, 07:37 AM

Hi Gina, can you link to the image please?

https://app.astrobin.com/forum/topic/207046?page=1#post-220507

It’s the first one in her gallery. It has a horizontal yellow line near the top.

Salvatore Iovene avatar
Salvatore Iovene avatar

Thanks Quinn, I see it.

Gina, that line is also visible in the file you uploaded to AstroBin, called “GeckoHorizontalTIFF copy.jpg”.

I checked that file straight from storage, where AstroBin copies it byte by byte, not changing anything.

So there are 3 options:

  1. The upload got some bits flipped randomly. Extremely rare, almost impossible. Upload it again as a new revision if the file looks good on your computer.

  2. The file looks good on your computer but the browser displays this issue. To see if this is the case, open your GeckoHorizontalTIFF copy.jpg directly with your browser on your computer. You can drag and drop the file from your file system to your browser, to verify.

  3. The file actually has that yellow line and you didn't notice. Please verify GeckoHorizontalTIFF copy.jpg locally again.

Hope this help and please let me know what you find!

Thanks,

Salvatore

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Gina Knight avatar
Gina Knight avatar

Thank you Salvatore!

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