Observation by Nick James: Busy skies

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Nick James

Observer

Nick James

Observed

2017 Dec 14 - 17:16

Uploaded

2017 Dec 17 - 08:56

Objects

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Constellation

Perseus

Field centre

RA: 03^h47^m
Dec: +31°51'
Position angle: -90°32'

Field size

24° × 13°

Equipment

Sony A7s + Canon 85mm, f/1.2

Exposure

12 minutes of video at 25fps

Location

Chelmsford, UK

Target name

Satellites

Title

Busy skies

About this image

This is a composite of all the objects detected in a 12 minute video clip from 17:16:51 to 17:29:30 UTC on 2017-12-14. There are three meteors here but all the rest of the objects are relatively low orbit artificial satellites which are in sunlight at this time of night. The number of satellite detections falls dramatically later in the evening as the Earth's shadow reaches a higher altitude. A timelapse video of this image is here and this shows how busy the skies are at that time of night.

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Jeremy Shears, Paul Anthony Brierley, David Basey, Ray Emery, David Swan, Dawson, Dr Ollie Garrett, Peter Mulligan, Robert James Stuart, Peter Carson, Andy Wilson, Mr Leonard Entwisle

Comments

Nick Hewitt, 2017 Dec 17 - 12:03 UTC

Bloody Hell. I thought Northampton was bad!

Peter Mulligan, 2017 Dec 17 - 20:46 UTC

Hi Nick low Earth orbit; soon there will be no parking space!

Peter

Peter Carson, 2017 Dec 21 - 20:12 UTC

Should get a good display when they all collide!

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