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Mars and Phobos 08252018 image

Mars and Phobos 08252018

Contains: Solar system body or event
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A friend and I attempted to photograph Mars on 08-25-2018 with some success. We took the three best 90 second videos and selected the best 25% of each and compacted the results into the attached image. Unknowingly, we photographed two small white dots very close together and what looks like triangular shadows at the 4 0'clock position. We have either captured two hot pixels very close together, two small stars or the Martian moon Phobos at two different positions. We prefer to think that it is Phobos since it is very fast moving and the orbit path around Mars passes through the 4 o'clock position. Any thoughts or comments would be greatly appreciated.