A "WTF" moment using Google Sky?

I've been browsing around for a while looking at some interesting things on it, superbright lights, glitches etc. Anyhow, I got bored and decided to look at Sirius, and the first thing I noted was it was hidden, which struck me as odd, but the WTF moment came zooming out slowly. It's this blue thing right above Sirius, it's really REALLY hard to miss. Can anyone identify it for me? I would get a screen cap but I fail lol. Seems like it might be a glitch, but I'm seeing quite a few of these in the high rez areas of space, which makes no sense to me. Anyone have any insight?

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-13° 24' 10.7"

reply to post by ShadowMonk


Post a screenshot please, not everybody have google sky acces
and it would make your thread look more interesting

and if you dont know how, there is a guide here
www.abovetopsecret.com...

reply to post by ShadowMonk


Explanation: Here is a quick screengrab of the area in question...

[atsimg]http://files.abovetopsecret.com/images/member/2e10400de931.jpg[/atsimg]

Personal Disclosure: It is most likely a image processing error! If it isn't? , my next best guess is a nebula from an exploding star!

I've seen a bunch of these on google sky. Likely a reflection.

reply to post by Vandalour


I'm sorry, I should have eloborated, I am unable to get a screenshot at all from this pc, at least using the standard printscreen method. Do you know of any other method to do so?

reply to post by OmegaLogos


Yep, that's it. I was thinking it might be a glare too, but what I found surprising was it was able to see right through it, where as with most instances of glare I've seen it blinded out an area completely. But it's plausible I suppose, seeing as how I'm no astronomy, camera or telescope expert lol. Thank you for the capture with Sirius as a reference!

Disregard this post. Already covered.

definatly a reflection of some sort probably sirius itself haha

Originally posted by ShadowMonk
reply to post by Vandalour

 

I'm sorry, I should have eloborated, I am unable to get a screenshot at all from this pc, at least using the standard printscreen method. Do you know of any other method to do so?

If you have a snipping tool...you can snip a shot like this:

reply to post by ShadowMonk


aviary.com has an app for firefox that should do the trick! Sorry to lazy to find the actual link

reply to post by ShadowMonk


When you see your reflection in a window, can you not also see through the window as well?

reply to post by Illustronic


Usually when I see me reflection in a window the light source behind me reflects my background image onto the window too making it near impossible to see in. If you've got a light on in a room, and its dark outside you can't see outside without pressing your face to the glass.

This artifact was discussed just a few days ago in this thread.

IIRC these little reflections turned out to be a reflection from something on the sattelite. The solar panels or something.