Tried to get an image of Elon Musk's Tesla on Saturday night. It was already 1.2m km away and magnitude 17.7. Also moving fast enough that in a 5 min exposure it was moving by 10-15 pixels or so. Hence was hard to capture it as longer exposures simply resulted in a longer path (the image was
Elongated
) rather than a brighter target. But the animation I think helps to make it clear it's there (slightly!) above all the noise!
Animated gif is on Astrobin
here.
Paul
PS My wife suggested he should have left the headlights on to make it easier
