Is that one of the Magellanic Clouds above the comets tail?
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Orin
Ah, but which is which? Would not the larger (and lower one) of the two smudges be the LMC?orin stepanek wrote:... My bet is that we have no only the Milky Way; Comet McNaught; and a meteor: but also the LMC and SMC.![]()
Orin
We can't see all of the one at the upper edge of the photo. I believe that one is the LMC. The one in full view is the SMC. IMHORJ Emery wrote:Ah, but which is which? Would not the larger (and lower one) of the two smudges be the LMC?
Ahh, yes, I see that now, and it must be a very wide angle lens. I see that the lights on the left and the lights on the right appear to have a very slight concave trail, and would be along the same circle, if you connected them, which makes sense, especially for a wide angle lens. Thanks for the reply!FreebirdsWB wrote:The night sky turns. This exposure was time lapse and the camera took that turning into account. Thus from the perspective of the camera, the sky stayed perfectly still, but the ground turned... causing ground lights to move but sky lights to be perfectly still.