Re: mysterious image

From: Jim Scotti (jscotti@pirl.lpl.Arizona.EDU)
Date: Mon Feb 27 2006 - 20:45:56 EST

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    Looks to me like scattered light from Antares.  I've seen many similar types of 
    optical artifacts over the years.  They will slowly shift as the object 
    generating the light slowly shifts around the field of view.  Your friend can 
    probably reproduce the affect again and with other bright stars.
    
    Jim.
    
    On Mon, 27 Feb 2006, Paul Sventek wrote:
    
    > 
    > A friend of mine emailed several digital images he took this morning (Feb 27) 
    > while imaging the area around Antares. On all images is an odd, elongated, 
    > greenish object north and west of Antares.
    > 
    > http://pws.prserv.net/svntk/060227antares1.jpg
    > 
    > http://pws.prserv.net/svntk/060227antares6.jpg
    > 
    > http://pws.prserv.net/svntk/060227antarescomposite.jpg
    > 
    > The photos were guided, 3 minute exposures. They were taken between 5:25am 
    > and 5:45am EST (UT -4hrs). Observer location 36d 45.075m N  81d 44.644m W 
    > (extreme western Virginia, USA). A total of six images were taken. The object 
    > appears to slowly move northwesterly.
    > 
    > Any ideas what this might be, Object de Kodak? Extremely high fuel venting?
    > 
    > Paul
    > 
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    Jim Scotti
    Lunar & Planetary Laboratory
    University of Arizona
    Tucson, AZ 85721 USA                 http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/~jscotti/
    
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