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What is this thing here? https://i.imgur.com/hxiwfe6.png (around 25%-25% from top left)

Looks distinctly not part of the corona, more like a pod of some sorts, and it also jitters around in the video. I'm puzzled!

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Maybe damage to the instruments?

It is definitely a spacecraft side instrumentation artifact. Notice how all three of these jiggle the same? https://imgur.com/a/T7jduVG

‘"But in fact, it's a sensor defect," he said. "In future processing when we further optimize this, this will be cleaned up and interpolated from nearby pixels. But for the moment, it's still clearly visible."’

https://www.livescience.com/sun-tardigrade-solar-orbiter-ima...

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