Almost 7 years apart & still the same OBJECT? In the S.O.H.O images. What is it?

This is AN object that I have found interesting since first view over 6 years ago.



A friend shared the updated S.O.H.O IMAGE
taken this month showing it or another one.



What are we looking at?

NAMASTE*******

Can we have a link to the image?

I looked it up sohodata.nascom.nasa.gov...
and since it's not there on either the previous or following image, I'm going to have to say artifact.

Well, that's todays.
Source

I've reverse image searched the first image and done a little snooping, the earliest/most official source I can find for it is this:

sohodata.nascom.nasa.gov...
Select LASCO C3 then put in 2009-08-16 in the Start and End date input fields, it will play a short sequence of images with this being one of them.

The only other places I've seen found the image are blog sites and the usual new-age-alien-woo URLs.

I guess that means nobody official has commented on it.


The second image has only 1 result:

1 Result
Searched over 14.121 billion images in 0.3 seconds.

I dunno, we're gonna need a link or something from OP, this doesn't smell right.

a reply to: Ophiuchus 13

Looks like the Death Star to me. The shield is down! Commence attack on the main reactor.

originally posted by: DAVID64
Can we have a link to the image?

Yes

Go to Solar Heliospheric Observatory

sohodata.nascom.nasa.gov...

Go to Search and download images
enter this data-


And you can see image movie

Follow time stamps in images in OP to slow movie down to see object come into focus...

a reply to: angryhulk

Your time stamps are not valid to the image time. Add in proper time stamp you will see them both from 2009 & 2016...

They are there?

a reply to: BelowLowAnnouncement

link data provided watch the movies

a reply to: andy06shake

originally posted by: Ophiuchus 13
a reply to: BelowLowAnnouncement

link data provided watch the movies

Fanks

Just been looking around their website, there's a few email addresses on their contact page - might be worth getting in touch with someone who can shed our ignorance on the topic, if we could figure out the best one to ask.

a reply to: BelowLowAnnouncement

a reply to: Ophiuchus 13

Looks like out of alignment mirror, or a test for that to me.

What that looks like in a diagram. See the similarity?

image

If there was some way to get a scale of this...

Thanks all so far for the replies.

a reply to: intrptr

The mirror reflection sounds interesting but it does not account for the luminous streaks that seem to come off of it.

More than likely it's a reflection of the primary mirror. This can happen with reflective telescopes:





Most cases it will be out of focus since it is not the primary object of focus:



In a lot of cases this is caused by a very bright object reflecting that light. In this case a planet (IE Venus, Jupiter) may be the reason.

The streaking? These are time lapse exposures. Any movement or vibrations in the equipment can cause that.

a reply to: eriktheawful

Your mirror theory lacks the coloring and the explanation of random appearance.

a reply to: Ophiuchus 13

The mirror reflection sounds interesting but it does not account for the luminous streaks that seem to come off of it.

The brightness in the 'double image' is the sun, the 'luminous streaks' are the solar wind.

Its a mirror image, slightly askew.

a reply to: Ophiuchus 13

Interesting one (or two actually, I guess.) Cool find! I'm guessing it is some kind of image artifact, but an explanation would be nice, seeing as it appears to be a rogue planet and moon moving ridiculously fast. I don't think that's what it is, but when there's something weird, it would be nice if they provided an explanation. Some wouldn't believe it no matter what the explanation, of course, but at least there would be something to verify/debunk! Plus, to me, even if explanation of what's going on with cameras/scopes/lenses & processing is interesting.

a reply to: Ophiuchus 13

And speaking of streaks, I noticed how the secong image, streak, is curved!
From low right, then up and over to lower left...
I Doubt if that would be any kind of just photo artifact...
Good catch! Odd for sure... Syx...