Re: [APML] Satellite avoidance in photos

[Matt BenDaniel <matt@starmatt.com>]

Roland,

It is probably easier to erase a satellite trail with Photoshop rubber stamp than it is to plan to avoid it.

If you're using a guide scope, you can cover the imaging scope while the satellite passes. If you don't notice the satellite, perhaps it was not bright enough to do much damage to the image.

One exception to the above is an iridium flare, which get really bright (e.g. mag -8). I caught one here:
http://world.std.com/~mattb/gallery/astro/zodiacal.html
That was a fisheye shot, so the trail was very short.

Matt

At 05:39 PM 6/11/2002, Roland Roberts wrote:
>I'm trying to plan for some photos this weekend.  Somehow, I've
>managed to never have a satellite show up on one of my shots.
>However, I'm using Starry Night Pro and finding several bright
>satellites that will pass through Hercules between 11:00 PM and
>midnight.  How faint can one of these be before I stop worrying about
>it?
>
>Obviously, how fast it moves will also be a factor.  I plan on
>shooting with Elite Chrome 200 and Provia 400.  Maybe with hypered TP,
>probably at f/4 (50mm lens, I'm shooting constellation "portraits").
>
>I've got one mag 5, one mag 0.2, and one mag 0.8 that pass through the
>constellation.  I'm guessing the mag 5 one may not show up but the
>other two I will definitely have to avoid.
>
>roland
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