I took a photo of this by accident….

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SpaceNerdSai avatar
SpaceNerdSai avatar
I was trying to take a picture of a planet it the sky, but I accidentally took a picture of the black sky, I increased the colour balance and this showed up -  I just want to check if it is a deep sky object.
tucker240 avatar
tucker240 avatar
No, it is not.
Undy avatar
Undy avatar
No, this is likely just some faint lens reflection from some streetlights or anything like that really.
It's 100% not a deep sky object.
SpaceNerdSai avatar
SpaceNerdSai avatar
Thank you for the feedback.
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