Is that an asteroid in the Skyserver Image?
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If it is it is my 800th image for my asteroid collection 😃
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by Budgieye moderator
I would think airplane, that went across the field of view going across 3 filters at the same time. 2 engined jet probably.
http://skyserver.sdss3.org/dr8/en/tools/chart/chart.asp?ra=187.28286161&dec=3.45796748
Explanation of filter array http://skyserver.sdss3.org/dr8/en/sdss/instruments/instruments.asp
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Thanks Budgieye, this is a first for me 😃.
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by Budgieye moderator
Considering that the red light on the airplane appeared brighter in the red filter exposure, I think the airplane was going from left to right.
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by c_cld in response to Alpha Aurigae's comment.
@Alpha Aurigae
Closer to the galaxy to classify 1237655126083633277 there is an asteroid 1237655126083633288 in the SE quadrant:
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by c_cld in response to Budgieye's comment.
@ Budgieye
Trails were previously posted December 1 2014 by me at "Green sabres" http://talk.galaxyzoo.org/#/boards/BGZ0000007/discussions/DGZ0000wiz
with hint to large satellite (like ISS or Shuttle) but not of a blinking jet plane.It's my first seeing of five frames riuzg clocked at the same time:
mjd_r 51669.30777535 2000-05-05 07:23:11.790 UTC http://dr10.sdss3.org/fields/runCamcolField?run=1462&camcol=6&field=418
mjd_i 51669.30777535 http://dr10.sdss3.org/fields/runCamcolField?run=1462&camcol=6&field=416
mjd_g 51669.30777535 http://dr10.sdss3.org/fields/runCamcolField?run=1462&camcol=6&field=410
that is to say the transient object traversed a diagonal arrangement of CCDs of the camera in less than 54s but I can't say westward or eastward.
Some apods show trails from ISS/Iridium/Plane in the same ~4-5mn shot:
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap080604.html
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap080228.html
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by Budgieye moderator
Thank you for reminding me about the previous thread.
Airplane flashing lights. If the airplane was quite low, then maybe it flew past quickly in just a second, and we can't detect the flashes.
I think it would be unlikely to be the ISS since it is only visible several hours before sunrise or several hours after sunset. Can we find what time this image was taken?
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by c_cld
Observation as written mjd_r 51669.30777535 2000-05-05 07:23:11.790 UTC
~4.5hours after astronomical twilight at Apache Pt.
querying http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/horizons.cgi#results
Ephemeris /
Target body name: Sun (10) {source: DE-0431LE-0431}
Center body name: Earth (399) {source: DE-0431LE-0431}
Center-site name: Apache Pt.-Sloan Digital Sky Survey
Start time : A.D. 2000-May-05 01:23:00.0000 UT
Stop time : A.D. 2000-May-05 13:23:00.0000 UT
Step-size : 30 minutes
Date__(UT)__HR:MN R.A._(ICRF/J2000.0)_DEC
2000-May-05 01:23 *m 02 49 36.10 +16 17 42.9
2000-May-05 01:53 Cs 02 49 40.94 +16 18 04.0
2000-May-05 02:23 Nm 02 49 45.78 +16 18 25.0
2000-May-05 02:53 A 02 49 50.64 +16 18 46.1
2000-May-05 03:23 02 49 55.50 +16 19 07.2
2000-May-05 03:53 02 50 00.37 +16 19 28.3
2000-May-05 04:23 02 50 05.24 +16 19 49.5
2000-May-05 04:53 02 50 10.13 +16 20 10.6
2000-May-05 05:23 02 50 15.01 +16 20 31.8
2000-May-05 05:53 02 50 19.90 +16 20 53.0
2000-May-05 06:23 02 50 24.80 +16 21 14.2
2000-May-05 06:53 02 50 29.69 +16 21 35.4
2000-May-05 07:23 02 50 34.58 +16 21 56.7
2000-May-05 07:53 02 50 39.48 +16 22 18.0
2000-May-05 08:23 02 50 44.37 +16 22 39.4
2000-May-05 08:53 02 50 49.26 +16 23 00.7
2000-May-05 09:23 02 50 54.15 +16 23 22.1
2000-May-05 09:53 02 50 59.03 +16 23 43.5
2000-May-05 10:23 02 51 03.90 +16 24 04.9
2000-May-05 10:53 A 02 51 08.77 +16 24 26.4
2000-May-05 11:23 N 02 51 13.63 +16 24 47.8
2000-May-05 11:53 C 02 51 18.49 +16 25 09.3
2000-May-05 12:23 *r 02 51 23.33 +16 25 30.7
2000-May-05 12:53 * 02 51 28.17 +16 25 52.2
2000-May-05 13:23 * 02 51 33.00 +16 26 13.7
SOLAR PRESENCE (OBSERVING SITE)
Time tag is followed by a blank, then a solar-presence symbol:
'*' Daylight (refracted solar upper-limb on or above apparent horizon) 'C' Civil twilight/dawn 'N' Nautical twilight/dawn 'A' Astronomical twilight/dawn ' ' Night OR geocentric ephemeris
LUNAR PRESENCE WITH TARGET RISE/TRANSIT/SET MARKER (OBSERVING SITE)
The solar-presence symbol is immediately followed by another marker symbol:
'm' Refracted upper-limb of Moon on or above apparent horizon ' ' Refracted upper-limb of Moon below apparent horizon OR geocentric 'r' Rise (target body on or above cut-off RTS elevation) 't' Transit (target body at or past local maximum RTS elevation) 's' Set (target body on or below cut-off RTS elevation)
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by DZM admin
Suddenly, this has become Airplane Zoo. 😃
(awesome!)
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by ElisabethB moderator in response to DZM's comment.
Surely, you can't be serious ! ;D
edit: Please, someone get the reference ! ;D
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by DZM admin in response to ElisabethB's comment.
Of course! It's my favorite movie of all time!
... but I always think that virtually every other line in that film is funnier than the one line everyone remembers! 😃
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by ElisabethB moderator
Oh good ! I thought I was the only one ! 😄
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by Budgieye moderator
I have seen shuttles near the International Space Station, and the mirror lost from Mir space station. So possibly this double streak could be two things orbiting together.
But if this streak is a satellite, I wouldn't think that it would be the ISS, because the ISS is in a low earth orbit and is only visible for about 2 hours after sunset or 2 hours before sunrise. Anyway, Space Shuttle Atlantis was up from May 19-May 29 2000. http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-101.html Also, I think the space station would be much, much brighter.
Maybe Hubble Space Telescope would be a better target, since it is in a higher orbit and might catch the sun's rays more easily. @NGC3314 would know since he talks about seeing Hubble go by.
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