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M33 in Triangulum

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M42 and Moving Object image

M42 and Moving Object


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This is a 60-second exposure with my Canon Digital Rebel at prime focus to an 80mm f/7 ED Triplet APO Objective lens. It was taken the same night as the one titled M42 With Small Scope, but this image shows a faint streak near the right edge. For a 60-second time span this moving object travelled across a very small part of the sky. A satellite or plane would have spanned a much longer path in the same time. Also, with the 1600 iso exposure, a plane would have made a much brighter streak. It appears to be much too regular in path and intensity to be a meteor. What could it be?

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  • Ron Masters
  • Ron Masters
  • November 8, 2015