Is this a bird, Plane or asteroid?

[Flugel88]

I have taken lots of subs that have the odd satellite or meteor trails but never had one that captures an object in the trail.
Any idea what it is:question:

30min Ha exposure.

[Nikolas]

I reckon Asteroid

[astroron]

I have no idea,but whats the name /number of the object you are imaging.:question:
Cheers:thumbsup:

[speach]

look very strange as the trail goes on in front of what ever it is

[sil]

looks like a fortune cookie. what about swamp gas? reflected light of venus?

do you get fireflies in your area? satellite flare maybe? is the same object in adjacent frames or is this a one off?

[VPAstro]

Pacman?

[OICURMT]

occultation of 2MASS 11064473-6539495.

[Stonius]

Perhaps a solar panel caught a flash off the sun at that particular moment? It would have to be a very quick one not to be blurred by the motion of the satellite itself, but that's all I can think of, given it's roughly square shape?

Markus

[Flugel88]

Ron sorry forgot to mention it is RCW 58.


Nice investigative work OICURMT. (http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/member.php?u=8799)
Made a little Gif(not easy to do under 200kb)

Does look a little like Pacman :lol:

can't be solar panels as i have none and image over a paddock.

I think its a satellite but that doesn't explain the parallel trail above:shrug:

[OICURMT]

Based on your gif, it's not a star. Must be a reflection from the solar panels or body. You can see the 2MASS star just above it to the left. I was in a hurry, I should have checked magnitudes, which would have ruled the star out.

[Stonius]

Satellites often fly in formations too, which would explain the other trail. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satellite_formation_flying

[OICURMT]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occam's_razor

I think we have a winner! ;)