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Satellites

The brighter trail is the International Space Station, as it dims when heading into the earth's shadow. Viewed large it may be possible to see the trails of five other satellites. Those two light blurs are the Magellanic Clouds, themselves small satellite galaxies to the Milky Way.
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William Sutherland said:

Awesome capture!

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6 years ago ( translate )

tiabunna replied to William Sutherland:

Thank you, William.
6 years ago ( translate )

Pam J said:

Breathtaking !

I sit in here with just a small lamp on. I blew this up to black full screen and switched my lamp out !

Stunning !
6 years ago

tiabunna replied to Pam J:

Thank you, Pam, glad you enjoyed it.
6 years ago

Amelia said:

Remarkable! You awake awe in me, George. I most often look at small things. Even with th photo enlarged to full size, I can only see three other satellites though.
6 years ago

tiabunna replied to Amelia:

Thanks, Amelia. I'll guess you found the three satellites to the right. If you take a line from the ISS to a point above the large Magellenic Cloud you should see another long faint one pointing down. The other is near the foot of the image almost straight below.
6 years ago

Gerard Perin said:

ou des ovnis
6 years ago ( translate )

tiabunna replied to Gerard Perin:

:-)
6 years ago ( translate )

Gudrun said:

Fantastic! It's getting crowded up there, I found all five;-) I'm quite proud I managed to recognize the Magellanic clouds before reading your decription.
6 years ago

tiabunna replied to Gudrun:

Thanks, Gudrun. Well spotted. I find it fascinating how many satellites show in astro images like this - "space junk" is indeed becoming a real problem I fear.
6 years ago

GrahamH said:

Ahh the delights of the sort of camera I'd like to have. Will you be getting up at 3am to see the meteor shower tonight.
6 years ago

tiabunna replied to GrahamH:

Thanks, Graham. No, I probably should, but I find my bed too comfortable. Update: just looked outside and I have a good excuse - it's cloudy. :-)
6 years ago

Annemarie said:

love this!
have a great day
6 years ago

tiabunna replied to Annemarie:

Many thanks, Annemarie.
6 years ago

Jaap van 't Veen said:

Amazing george !1
Well seen and taken.
6 years ago ( translate )