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Mag -8 Iridium Flare
I've been noticing a few snaps of Iridium flares so I looked up Heavens Above and found that there was a magnitude -8 passing almost directly overhead that (last) night and managed to get a shot. Only just managed it, got focus about 30 seconds before I started to see the satelite on it's way in.
Because I was only using a Canon 1000D on a tripod the shot is only 15 seconds long to avoid star trails - not sure if that was a good idea.
Also included a series of 15 second shots that was combined in DeepSkyStacker. There was one more shot but "someone" turned on the patio light, my wife just doesn't get it. My 11 yr old son and I thought it was pretty spectacular.
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