Posted: Apr 25, 2017 1:28 pm
by theropod


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Paired Satellites 3

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Paired Satellites 4

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Having another night of clear skies I went back out last night. No big meteors, but these paired satellites came through again, and this time there was another distinct pair on a different trajectory. The first pair followed almost the same path as the night before, but the second pair are obviously another set as they were clearly tracking southwest instead of southeast.

I pushed the exposure time out to seven minutes in these shots. Basically I am just tuning the tracker little by little in hopes of having it capable of crisp 10 minute shots when the Perseids roll in in August.

RS