something Green??????

[roboh]

I took this pic of Jupiter tonight and got something else in the pic,is anyone able to tell me what it is please

[En1gma]

Little green men - lets hope for that!

What type of lens/telescope/camera did you use. I would only suggest some sort of reflection of Jupiter.

[AdrianF]

Uranus maybe Jupiter and Uranus are fairly close at the moment (according to Sky Voyager)

Adrian

[Liz]

Probably some light diffraction - did you have a UV filter on?
Pic is outafocus a bit, and doesnt look like it was tracking or over a period of time to capture any colour??
Interesting though, I must admit. :ship2: :help: ;)

[Osirisra]

Looks cool what ever it is, but yea prob a lens effect...

[wavelandscott]

That is what I was going to guess...

[roboh]

Here's the same thing taken next to Jupiter from the 3rd of Oct.

[Osirisra]

Uranus but looks odd...

[supernova1965]

I don't know what it is but it doesn't look like an artifact it looks like it is there. :confused2:

[Blue Skies]

Internal lens reflection. We've all seen this before, its a common artifact with the modern camera lenses. That it appears at roughly the same distance in two different photos should be a dead giveaway its a lens artifact. I should go dig up some old threads where other people have got the same result.

Edit:
Here: (http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/showthread.php?t=53136&highlight=internal+lens)
and Here: (http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/showthread.php?t=51949&highlight=internal+lens)