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Re: [APML] OK What the He** is it??
Hi Robert,
I checked all of the satellites at Heavens Above without success. The shot
was taken from about Lat. 32:38 and Long. 108:10 and RA 17:24:36 DEC -31:10.
Some of the sats are south but none around the time I was shooting, Friday
the 10th at around 2:30 to 4:00.
If anyone else can determine the culprit I would sure like to know.
Jim
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Reeves" <reeves10@swbell.net>
To: <astro-photo@seds.org>
Sent: Monday, May 20, 2002 8:44 PM
Subject: Re: [APML] OK What the He** is it??
> > So has Saturn moved into southern Scorpius? Can anyone guess what
caused
> > the strange object / star in this shot? It's a section of an image of
> > IC4628. The image has some field rotation at 90 minutes but what the
heck
> > is it?
> >
> > http://www.astroimager.net/Whatit-1.jpg
> >
> > Jim
>
> My vote would be an Iridium flare. What elevation above the horizon was
> this shot? If low on the horizon, the distance to the satellite would be
> great and the length of the flare foreshortened, making it short on the
film
> like the photo shows. The just before twilight timing would be right for
a
> satellite flare.
>
> I have a bright Iridium flare photo on my web site at
> http://www.robertreeves.com/iridium.jpg
> At about 30 degrees elevation, it shows a slightly longer trail than your
> image, but then the flare on my image was so bright I started to yell at
the
> "idiot who turned on his car headlights" only to find the source of light
> was in the sky. Yours could have been a dimmer flare, and thus have
shorter
> fore and aft trails.
>
> Robert Reeves reeves10@swbell.net
> 520 Rittiman Rd. www.robertreeves.com
> San Antonio, Texas 78209 210-828-9036
> USA 29.484 98.440 200 meters
>
>
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