Observation by Nick James: Geostationary arc

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Nick James

Observer

Nick James

Observed

2017 Oct 27 - 02:32

Uploaded

2017 Oct 28 - 13:27

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Constellation

Orion

Field centre

RA: 05^h36^m
Dec: -07°31'
Position angle: -1°03'

Field size

9° × 5°

Equipment

Sony A7s + Canon 100mm f/2

Exposure

2x30s

Location

Chelmsford, UK

Target name

Geostationary satellites

Title

Geostationary arc

About this image

UK deep sky imagers know that M42 is often crossed by slow moving satellites. This is becuase it is not far from the geostationary arc and there is a lot of stuff up there. This is a detail from two 30s frames separated by 30s (full frame here) and it shows at least 7 geostationary satellites and a few pieces of space junk. I've just spent an entertaining half hour identifying them!

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