Bright light

• by Trans1t

  Anyone know what the two last images are caused by? There is one star in the 2MASS images and then it brightens in the last two. Could it be a galaxy or several stars?

  Posted July 5, 2015 7:10 AM

• by voyager1682002 moderator in response to Trans1t's comment.

  Hi, Trans1t, welcome to Disk Detective! The target star could be contaminated by the scattered light halo surrounding a nearby bright source. The contamination is clearly seen in WISE 3 and WISE 4

  Posted July 6, 2015 4:31 AM