Observation by Alex Pratt: Landsat 9 Centaur upper stage de-orbit b...

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Alex Pratt

Observer

Alex Pratt

Observed

2021 Sep 27 - 21:12

Uploaded

2021 Sep 28 - 17:11

Objects

Spacecraft

Equipment

IMX291 IP board camera 6mm f/0.95 lens
Raspberry Pi
RMS software

Exposure

25 frames/sec - 10 sec composite images

Location

Leeds, West Yorkshire

Target name

Landsat 9 Centaur upper stage de-orbit burn

Title

Landsat 9 Centaur upper stage de-orbit burn

About this image

One of my north-facing RMS video meteor cameras caught both plumes passing to the right of the Plough. The software applies heavy compression to the video images, although the composites in this animation show the plumes they are blurred during the 10s recording sequences. (The RMS Fireball Detector would have given a detailed cropped video of the plumes but their motion / brightness levels didn't trigger it).

Files associated with this observation

Landsat9_20210927_2112_ARP.gif (1.9 MB)

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