TYC 2464-1041-1 nebula?

[Ivan Maly]

What's this around TYC 2464-1041-1 in Aur at 07:28:26.79 +36:57:43.4? A little blue fuzz immediately around the star is visual in 12" at 250-400x and the eastern branch segment is inconclusive. Maybe the whole thing is a plate defect though.

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[akarsh]

Am I using this wrong, because I don't see anything in any of the DSS images accessible here:
https://archive.stsci.edu/cgi-bin/dss_form?target=TYC+2464-1041-1&resolver=SIMBAD
I thought what you shared is just a color-composite made from some of these.
Am I missing something?

[Ivan Maly]

Yep, that's DSS on Aladin, as all would be able to read imprinted on the image, had we resolved that issue with resolution on this site. I am aware that this seems to be the only place that shows it, but it's hard to believe Aladin would make its own plate scans.

[Clear Skies]

It's an artefact, a pretty nice one actually ;-)

It's visible only on a POSSII Blue plate taken on 22 November 1987, available at http://archive.stsci.edu/cgi-bin/dss_plate_finder. Just enter "TYC2464-01041-1" and select to display or save the fifth plate.

[Ivan Maly]

Cool. Thanks! Filaments do occur on plates, this one (assuming it is indeed a filament) was just so intricately and "cosmically" folded, it was hard to believe.

[Clear Skies]

Keep looking, plenty of treasures remain hidden in those images! If you run into anything undesignated post here (of course ;-) but do stop by the DeepSkyHunters Yahoo Group https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/deepskyhunters/info

Earlier this year, I was able to confirm this one: http://archive.stsci.edu/cgi-bin/dss_search?v=poss2ukstu_blue&r=12+54+21.16&d=-09+32+20.4&e=J2000&h=30&w=30&f=gif&c=none&fov=NONE&v3=
The faint nebulosity surrounding Psi Virginis could not be confimed by other images, so I gave it a try using no more than my 14" SCT and a Canon 6D. It's faint but it's real: https://www.dropbox.com/s/c0hjfiztbkezhvy/Psi Vir_VAvW.jpg?dl=0
The little kidney-shaped piece SE of the star is most obvious and faint nebulosity is present to the NNE, too. That, or I managed to perfectly reproduce an artefact.