Early speculation about the hot spot was that it might have been the faint light of another core that lies 10 times further from Earth but along the same line of sight as L1014.
Skoršie dohady o podstate horúcej škvrny hovorili, že by to mohlo byť slabé svetlo z iného zdroja, ktoré leží 10-krát ďalej od Zeme, ale premieta sa na rovnaké miesto ako L1014.