Disk Detective Talk

2MASS 1.66 imaging artifact or something else?

  • brewatl by brewatl

    Is the "spike" going top left to down right in the 2MASS 1.66 image an artifact of the telescope or imager? Or something else interesting?

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  • lrebull by lrebull scientist, translator, admin

    I think it's just random noise in the background. You can see that the brightness of the 'spike' is about as bright as the other mottles in the background.

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