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Originally posted by Phage
reply to post by FlySolo
At any rate, this is only to explain away planets or stars which give off lots of light. This doesn't really explain artifacts.
You're correct.
This explains what is seen in the image in the OP.
Cosmic Rays: Cosmic rays are noise (white dots, blobs and streaks) created in the images by energetic particles striking the cameras in the telescopes. Cosmic rays get reported as comets more often than real comets do! So it essential to learn how to distinguish them from something that is real. Cosmic rays are completely random -- they can, and do, appear absolutely anywhere in the images and they only appear once. They are most commonly just dots, but they are also occasionally blobs or streaks. Some are very faint, but most are quite bright. Some even saturate the camera and cause the large horizontal spikes we often see on planets and bright stars.
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I would have to ask then. What methodology is used to rule out cosmic rays?
Cosmic rays are completely random -- they can, and do, appear absolutely anywhere in the images and they only appear once.
Originally posted by KingJod
I agree it was quick, but hey would you want to be near our sun for more then a second... I think not, and if they can get that close to our soon, i am sure their tech is very advanced to where they can do these things in a flash, to us may be a second, to them could be an hour, ECT.
Originally posted by Phage
reply to post by FlySolo
At any rate, this is only to explain away planets or stars which give off lots of light. This doesn't really explain artifacts.
You're correct.
This explains what is seen in the image in the OP.
Cosmic Rays: Cosmic rays are noise (white dots, blobs and streaks) created in the images by energetic particles striking the cameras in the telescopes. Cosmic rays get reported as comets more often than real comets do! So it essential to learn how to distinguish them from something that is real. Cosmic rays are completely random -- they can, and do, appear absolutely anywhere in the images and they only appear once. They are most commonly just dots, but they are also occasionally blobs or streaks. Some are very faint, but most are quite bright. Some even saturate the camera and cause the large horizontal spikes we often see on planets and bright stars.
sungrazer.nrl.navy.mil...