It can takes months of analysis to fully understand an astronomical image. But it's pretty amazing what you can tell about it in literally seconds.
https://badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/what-can-you-tell-about-an-astronomical-image-at-a-glance
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Nice post, those of us who like astronomy but never studied or practiced it appreciate this type of analysis!
@badastro this was a cool one! I was glad to see a couple of the things you highlighted before reading it! Another one I thought you were going to talk about, and now I'm questioning myself, is whether the other clear diffraction spike around 5 o'clock is a supernova...