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Astrofest Rocket "plume" IMAGE
Attached is an image of the rocket "plume" that we observed from Queensland Astrofest on 14 Aug.
I took a series of 8 second images through my 76mm refractor.
14 images stacked in DeepSkyStacker.
On the left is the satellite trailed through movement over the 8 secs of each of the images.
To the right of that is something else which is moving roughly parallel to the satellite but moving away slowly (as seen by the multiple tracks). It varies in brightness over the course of the 14 images (tumbling?). Perhaps it is some component that was discarded as part of the burn (?)
The plume itself is a little smeared over the 8 secs of each image. It is also further smeared because over the course of the 14 images it also moves away from the satellite. When viewed trough the scopes the plume started more from a point and diverged.
So, is it a rocket burn or something else?
Rgds,
Terry
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