and with a 10" telescope,... thats impressive!

I found some pretty cool pics of the debris disk

hm, i wonder how common these discs are, i recall reading about one years ago that was discovered around the bright star Fomalhaut and more recently Vega. Yes the beta Pictoris one is a good example i think. I've not done any Astronomy in years, i used to have a telescope as a kid, often thought about taking it up again, there's so much stuff to see out there.

Problem for me is i'm in a bad spot, too much light pollution from street lamps it wouldn't be worth me investing in a good telescope unless i travelled way out somewhere where it's dark.

I wonder how many people would mistake this for a UFO

Originally posted by muse7
I wonder how many people would mistake this for a UFO

I truly doubt it, considering that to the naked eye it looks just like a medium-to-dim star, just like a couple thousand other stars in the night sky.

I doubt it if most people even notice β Pic (Beta Pictoris) at all, unless they look right at it. It's extremely unremarkable, as naked-eye stars go.