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Very plausible. Would have to be a very small one inside the camera body if so. Thank you.

I posted because of todays apod, I noticed how bright Steins is. thats a slow flying bird to have only crossed that smal field of view in over 4 minutes. I apologize if this is against TOS, remove if offensive. Will post in Astromart and Cloudy Nights. See what the pundits think. Sorry again.

I am in Cincinnati(east side) and caught this sequence early morning Labor Day. I did a more thorough search than I did for satellite A02 (as remarked in SNP6) which had me perplexed for days. I can't find anything reasonable in the vicinity of Orion that morning. So what is it? The frames are over-...

Is finding perchlorates a big surprise? Based on a link on that page, it is both naturally occurring and man-made...and found in rocket fuel. Did the powered descent contaminate the LZ?

The tracking on the 114GT for viewing purposes is not bad at all, for photography, not too good. First, the F ratio of the scope is so slow(half that of your SN10). So exposures are longer, ISO higher, and images suffer from field rotation, making accurate tracking even more critical. The Alt-Azimut...

Whoops. I guess I wasn't as thorough as I should have been. I was able to find and track the object today. It was a very small blip in SN6 and I must have missed it. It is a satellite, designation AOA 2. Mystery solved.

I have been trying to sharpen my astrophotgraphy skills, and have been shooting frames from here in Cincinnati for the past few months. I have done some prime focus, projection, and just simple tripod shots. After becoming frustrated with my Celestron Nexstar 114 GT's tracking(or lack thereof), I wa...