ive made it a bit smaller of a file, but if you zoom right in, looks like its got 3 parts to it or is it my eyes lol, took the other nightView attachment DSC_3595.JPG
not sure, but look like a satelite
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Almost definitely a satellite, or perhaps even a piece of space debris, there are hundreds if not thousands of discarded rocked bodies and defunkt satellites orbiting around up there ad-infinitum. Many "LEO's" (low earth orbit) are visible by the naked eye up to a hour or so after sun-down or same before dawn. I spotted Tiangong the other night (China's answer to the ISS) and it was going at some rate!
You should be able to find out what your one was on Heavens-above.com. Enter your long & lat then click on "Daily predictions for brighter satellites" change the date to when you took the pic & see which one matches the time. Note that the lower the 'magnitude', the brighter it looks. Anything over 2.5 is very dim indeed & probably only visible if local light pollution is low.
Conditions here are very favourable for LEO-spotting; clear skies & warm evenings, light pollution not too bad. 10 min's away on the bike & I can see the Milky Way + all sorts of stuff moving about.
Nice pic BTW! :thumbsup:
You should be able to find out what your one was on Heavens-above.com. Enter your long & lat then click on "Daily predictions for brighter satellites" change the date to when you took the pic & see which one matches the time. Note that the lower the 'magnitude', the brighter it looks. Anything over 2.5 is very dim indeed & probably only visible if local light pollution is low.
Conditions here are very favourable for LEO-spotting; clear skies & warm evenings, light pollution not too bad. 10 min's away on the bike & I can see the Milky Way + all sorts of stuff moving about.
Nice pic BTW! :thumbsup:
so not so bad, just need to work on the noise levels
I came across an innovative way of removing unwanted noise a while back, though I've never tried it. Simply take another picture with the lens cap on and stack the two images in such a way that one 'subtracts' from the other. There is probably a fancy name for it but it sounds like it should work. What iso setting were you using?
Dark-frame subtraction it is.
Well it doesn't get much more logical than that!
My PC screensaver went into slide-show, and this popped up, it was the ISS a few months ago. To be fair, I was expecting it, so had the tripod set up in readiness.
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Taken from my roof terrace looking SW.
