Lucky Imaging

[Peter Ward]

I got lucky.

Link here

[Stefan Buda]

Not just lucky, but also clever, imaging.

[Nikolas (Nik)]

More than lucky but also impressive!

[leon]

Yep that certainly is different well done Peter.

Leon

[Peter Ward]

Originally Posted by leon

Yep that certainly is different well done Peter.

Leon

Originally Posted by Nikolas

More than lucky but also impressive!

Originally Posted by Stefan Buda

Not just lucky, but also clever, imaging.

Thanks Gents!

When I first looked at the data, none of the individual frames looked particularly striking on their own. A bit of an aeroplane here or there, but there was certainly no complete or photogenic image.

It was some time after when I had a "Eureka!" moment while reading a Sky & Telescope piece about obtaining an Asteroid's profile during a stellar occultation.
"Lining up the shadows" in my data would likely work!

It was relatively straightforward after that.

[Leo.G (Leo)]

That's a very clever result and we all know luck had little to do with it.
I think this is a thing where experience wins?


EDIT: Lucky timing perhaps, I just realised that but the quality of the image is pure expertise.

[DavidTrap (David)]

Very clever.

Have you worked out which aircraft and who was flying it yet?

DT

[peter_4059 (Peter)]

Great to see something different. Great capture.

[Peter Ward]

Originally Posted by peter_4059

Great to see something different. Great capture.

Originally Posted by DavidTrap

Very clever.

Have you worked out which aircraft and who was flying it yet?

DT

Ta. A little innovation is always good. I have no knowledge of the tail number or crew...but the cheeky buggers clearly took off in a hurry

Originally Posted by Leo.G

That's a very clever result and we all know luck had little to do with it.
I think this is a thing where experience wins?


EDIT: Lucky timing perhaps, I just realised that but the quality of the image is pure expertise.

Experience? Maybe. Old dogs can learn new tricks after all

[keller60 (Bill)]

I'll add to the previous comments.

Impressively clever processing, but also a very spectacular image
with essentially perfect framing.

APOD worthy for sure

[h0ughy (David)]

Originally Posted by Peter Ward

I got lucky.

Link here

wow,

and what bill said

[bkm2304 (Richard Brown)]

Forget the plane. How about that quadruple star system in the background!!!

[multiweb (Marc)]

Very cool shot Peter. Never seen anything like it.

[DavidTrap (David)]

Originally Posted by Peter Ward

I have no knowledge of the tail number or crew...but the cheeky buggers clearly took off in a hurry

You've got a time and bearing - surely a man with your training could look back at FlightRadar data and work it out? ;-)

DT

[Peter Ward]

Originally Posted by DavidTrap

You've got a time and bearing - surely a man with your training could look back at FlightRadar data and work it out? ;-)

DT

Originally Posted by multiweb

Very cool shot Peter. Never seen anything like it.

Originally Posted by bkm2304

Forget the plane. How about that quadruple star system in the background!!!

Originally Posted by h0ughy

wow,

and what bill said

Originally Posted by keller60

I'll add to the previous comments.

Impressively clever processing, but also a very spectacular image
with essentially perfect framing.

APOD worthy for sure

Thanks again to one an all. As for identifying the aircraft, yes, Flight Radar 24 does now have a playback feature....but I don't want to pay for a subscription to simply find out the tail number.

I'd rather buy a half reasonable bottle of red

[JA]

Well done Peter. A 5-Body problem

Best
JA