That's just a background star.
Because the rings are so faint, the extra aperture time overexposes stars that are in the field.
Point-sources (here, a star very far away hence unresolved) create such diffraction spikes. For 'nearby' objects (the planet), diffraction of lots of points cancels out.
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Because the rings are so faint, the extra aperture time overexposes stars that are in the field.
Point-sources (here, a star very far away hence unresolved) create such diffraction spikes. For 'nearby' objects (the planet), diffraction of lots of points cancels out.
The rings of Saturn are easily visible, others only shine in the infrared.
They're also very faint, our best images so far were taken by spacecraft that flew past them. Backlit by the sun, they become visible:
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