satellites through orion
Mar 9, 2014 00:27:33 #
9 stacked exposures approximately 35 sec each, can see what appear to be parallel sat trails(?) in 5 of the frames. M42 is my favorite to look at and image, always see something different it seems
Mar 10, 2014 11:44:57 #
gekko11 wrote:
9 stacked exposures approximately 35 sec each, can see what appear to be parallel sat trails(?) in 5 of the frames. M42 is my favorite to look at and image, always see something different it seems
Very nice photo. The trails are satellites in geosynchronous orbits. Usually these are communications satellites and are in orbits approximately 22,300 miles above the Earth. They orbit the Earth in roughly 24 hours so that they appear stationary. If you took the M-42 photo and did not track on the stars, the satellites would appear as point-like while the stars would have been trailed. In other words just the opposite of the photo you have here. Keep up the good work, please post more images.
Mar 10, 2014 12:13:32 #
Algol wrote:
Very nice photo. The trails are satellites in geosynchronous orbits. Usually these are communications satellites and are in orbits approximately 22,300 miles above the Earth. They orbit the Earth in roughly 24 hours so that they appear stationary. If you took the M-42 photo and did not track on the stars, the satellites would appear as point-like while the stars would have been trailed. In other words just the opposite of the photo you have here. Keep up the good work, please post more images.
Thanks for the kind words algol, and thanks for clearing up what the satellite trails are exactly. I thought they might be geosynchronous but just couldn't get my head wrapped around it .your explanation cleared it up for me
Mar 10, 2014 13:56:05 #
That is a beautiful image. Thanks for sharing! What did you take that with, through, or on?
Mar 10, 2014 23:28:34 #
skylane5sp wrote:
That is a beautiful image. Thanks for sharing! What did you take that with, through, or on?
Thanks for looking skylane. I use a 10" newtonian reflector with an atlas eq mount for accurate tracking , a canon 5dmk3 for imaging with Nebulosity 3 for stacking and initial processing Perfect Photo Suite 8 for final processing .
Mar 11, 2014 17:50:59 #
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