Observation by Neil Morrison: Landsat 9

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Neil Morrison

Observer

Neil Morrison

Observed

2021 Sep 27 - 21:12

Uploaded

2021 Sep 28 - 11:18

Objects

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Constellation

Ursa Major

Field centre

RA: 10^h00^m
Dec: +51°20'
Position angle: +4°12'

Field size

9° × 6°

Equipment

Sony 65a Slt Samyang 85mm F 1.40Lens Tripod mounted

Exposure

5 sec Iso800 F1.4

Location

Crawley West Sussex

Target name

Landsat 9 Second Stage Booster De orbit Burn

Title

Landsat 9

About this image

Set up equipment with Polaris Centred however the Rocket plume sprang into view much lower on the Horizon and tangled with in TV Ariels so a mad dash to move everything a few feet to gain a better perspective. A brilliant sight but over very quickly as the plume was racing down to wards the Horizon at an amazing speed. I had anticipated a dim Comet from the details posted on the BAA site so the exposure was set accordingly. If only more genuine Comets were this bright we would have more folk LOOKING UP.

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Comments

Nick Quinn, 2021 Sep 28 - 15:47 UTC

Nice one Neil! I also saw it and made the mistake of 5 second exposures when 1 second would have been long enough to minimise motion-blur and still show the Centaur booster, exhaust plume and fuel dump nicely.

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