What is this object next to Vega?

[VincentMorris]

Caught this quite by accident while trying to focus using Vega. Looks like a planetary nebula looking at the symmetry. And by god, the symmetry is so beautiful!!

Anyone knows what its called? Tried googling for objects near vega, but to no avail. I am quite surprised that this object is not amoung the popular ones in Lyra. Why? Still confounded!

Scope: C8 Hyperstar
Camera: SXV-H16
Exposure: 300s X 8 subs

Thanks,
Vincent.

[marki]

Crikey, I think you caught the enterprise just as she went to warp speed ;).

Mark

[noswonky]

Looks like a voorwerp.

[astroron]

All to do with internal reflections:)
I can assure you there is no such object that close to Vega :thumbsup:

[CometGuy]

Vincent,

This an internal reflection from the Hyperstar system.

Here is an example of a reflection in my own C8 Hyperstar.

Terry

[jjjnettie]

It's beautiful though, I agree.
Prettier than the planetary neb I thought I'd found in Crux.;)

[Octane]

I've had those appear in shots of the Horsehead and Flame region, using a field flattener on a Schmidt-Newtonian. It was an absolute nightmare to process out.

I'll have to dig an example out -- it was a surreal blue colour.

H

[VincentMorris]

Thanks for your replies. I should have known. Saw this with Arcturus as well. Its the hyperstar causing the reflection when the collimation is out.