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Originally Posted by pluto
I believe it's the exhaust plume from the second stage.
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Thanks Hugh mystery solved
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Originally Posted by Ajemsa
I noticed something due west at about 7pm AEST as I was driving home and could not make it out. I was just about to get my telescope on to it but by the time I dropped all my gear to go outside again it disappeared.
Astroboy, were these shots looking in that direction?
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Sounds right it was just north of Corvus when I first saw it
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Originally Posted by tel.lekatsas
Great shots Zane.
I saw this last night after I got home from work. It was unbelievably bright just after sunset, towards the west and clearly visible through low cloud. I thought it was a plane heading my way through cloud. After watching it for a minute or two I realised what it was (some friends saw a rocket plume last year, I missed it).
I grabbed my camera and by the time I got it off the scope and onto the tripod the beautiful yellow ball from your first image was dissipating. I managed to get a couple of shots off on the modded canon 1100D with 50mm lens (30, 60, 120 seconds @ iso 3200).
It was a lovely sight!
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Well done getting a shot at all I only got mine because I was already set-up taking some pics