Re: A discovery?
CCD cameras, telescopes are usually far less expensive in the US; there I'm jealous!
Just read that it can't be a Nova (as it cannot appear and disappear in 5 minutes! Besides, another guy saw a slight direction, from the exposure, that doesn't match the general direction of the other stars (because of a slight misalignment). So, it's a terrestrial phenomenon...perhaps a geostationnary satellite that had its solar arrays briefly oriented in such a way as to send sunlight to the chip.
Raoul