We got a lucky shot of Andromeda with a meteor crossing our view. Apparently we shot a satellite flare next to Andromeda.

Images:

  • Samyang 135mm @2.8
  • Fuji X-T5
  • Star Adventurer 2i
  • 465 x 30s
  • ISO 200

Processing:

  • stacking, stretching, background extraction and star separation in Siril
  • final composition in Photoshop
  • bistdunarrisch@lemmy.worldOP
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    3 months ago

    Very interesting, thank you for sharing. Your linked gif makes it very apparent that it was indeed a satellite.

    I also searched in Stellarium and found a decommissioned military satellite called STSS Demo 2 that fits the path and time stamp perfectly.

    -9 magnitude is insane, must’ve been a very cool sight.