Galaxy Zoo Talk

Satellite trail stopped?

  • lynnevs by lynnevs

    What's happened?

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  • JeanTate by JeanTate

    #satellitetrail SDSS creates images in Fields. They are then 'stitched' together. Here there are two Fields next to each other - the border goes horizontally across - and there was a satellite at the time the lower Field was imaged, but by the time the upper one was, the satellite was long gone.

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  • PDXDave by PDXDave

    There is also an asteroid in there, I think.

    Looks like one of the exposures was interrupted, leaving the trail cut off. (images are often multiple exposures with different filters)

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