A Chance Encounter: Comet Machholz, Stars And The Streaker. Is this a meteor glancing off Earths atmosphere or the glint of a man-made satellite? Either way, it is to the delight of the imager to capture such a photogenic encounter! Imaging by Tom King, Watauga, Texas, USA. Post-processing Don Waid. Equipment used: Meade LX90, Meade 3.3 focal reducer and Meade Deep Sky Imager. Processing in AutoStar Suite IP and Photoshop. 16 x 30 second images stacked (streak present on the 14th frame only).