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In the vicinity of M56 / NGC 6779

Started by [email protected], 03/23/2015 05:54PM
Posted 03/23/2015 05:54PM Opening Post
Last night while setting up a shot of M56 I saw something streak through going very fast. I managed to click capture just in time to catch it exiting the frame. How would I determine if it was a satellite or other object? Is there a way to take FITS data and get a list of what it might have been?



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Posted 03/23/2015 06:08PM #1
Some of the coords (flipped image in Y-axis to solve)

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~ Charlie Stevenson

8" f/5.7 String Telescope - 1st Scope Build; 2nd Place Stellafane 2016 Optical Award for Newtonians 12.5" and Smaller
10" f/4.5 Newtonian (June 2015) mirror refigured by Optic Wave Labs P-V WaveFront 1/14.24, Strehl Ratio 0.993 (Aug '15)
Criterion RV-6 seems to be circa 1973 (June 2015) [For Sale]
Celestron C8-A XLT (January 2015) [For Sale]
Celestron PowerSeeker 70AZ (Christmas 2014)
Aldrich Astronomical Society member since 2015
http://astro.charleskelleystevenson.com/