Green Blob in the Sky

[Boring_Chris]

As a clueless enthusiast of all things spacey, I was photo'ing a red star just now when I happened over a little green blob that wasn't visible to the naked eye.

I cant for the life of me think what the green stuff is?

Anyone shed any light?

[V8FGO]

Sure they are stars as both appear as discs.
Pretty sure you have got Mars (red), and the greenish blob would be Neptune.

http://www.space.com/16149-night-sky.html

[Boring_Chris]

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Good call, but Venus is way over the other side of Earth!

[Boring_Chris]

V8FGO said:

Sure they are stars as both appear as discs.
Pretty sure you have got Mars (red), and the greenish blob would be Neptune.

http://www.space.com/16149-night-sky.html

Again, sorry, Neptune is on the other side of Earth.

This was East, just to the left of the Moon.

I think in the Leo constellation?

[Beati Dogu]

Probably lens flare or reflection off one of the camera's lenses.

[Simpo Two]

V8FGO said:

Sure they are stars as both appear as discs.

I think you meant that as a question not a statement...

[Moonhawk]

Beati Dogu said:

Probably lens flare or reflection off one of the camera's lenses.

Yep - this.

[Moonhawk]

V8FGO said:

Sure they are stars as both appear as discs.

All stars appear so - mainly due to defects in optics, inaccurate focus etc.

Even with perfect optics and perfect focus - stars would still appear as disks due to the diffraction limit:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airy_disk