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The brighter trail is the International Space Station, as it dims when heading into the earth's shadow. Viewed large it may be possible to see the trails of five other satellites. Those two light blurs are the Magellanic Clouds, themselves small satellite galaxies to the Milky Way.

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William Sutherland ^club

Awesome capture!

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7 years ago.

tiabunna ^club has replied to William Sutherland ^club

Thank you, William.

7 years ago.

Pam J ^club

Breathtaking !

I sit in here with just a small lamp on. I blew this up to black full screen and switched my lamp out !

Stunning !

7 years ago.

tiabunna ^club has replied to Pam J ^club

Thank you, Pam, glad you enjoyed it.

7 years ago.

Amelia ^club

Remarkable! You awake awe in me, George. I most often look at small things. Even with th photo enlarged to full size, I can only see three other satellites though.

7 years ago.

tiabunna ^club has replied to Amelia ^club

Thanks, Amelia. I'll guess you found the three satellites to the right. If you take a line from the ISS to a point above the large Magellenic Cloud you should see another long faint one pointing down. The other is near the foot of the image almost straight below.

7 years ago. Edited 7 years ago.

Gudrun ^club

Fantastic! It's getting crowded up there, I found all five;-) I'm quite proud I managed to recognize the Magellanic clouds before reading your decription.

7 years ago.

tiabunna ^club has replied to Gudrun ^club

Thanks, Gudrun. Well spotted. I find it fascinating how many satellites show in astro images like this - "space junk" is indeed becoming a real problem I fear.

7 years ago.

GrahamH ^club

Ahh the delights of the sort of camera I'd like to have. Will you be getting up at 3am to see the meteor shower tonight.

7 years ago.

tiabunna ^club has replied to GrahamH ^club

Thanks, Graham. No, I probably should, but I find my bed too comfortable. Update: just looked outside and I have a good excuse - it's cloudy. :-)

7 years ago. Edited 7 years ago.

GrahamH ^club has replied to tiabunna ^club

I was up to the loo around 3am and it was cloudy here too.

7 years ago.

Annemarie ^club

love this!
have a great day

7 years ago.

tiabunna ^club has replied to Annemarie ^club

Many thanks, Annemarie.

7 years ago.

Jaap van 't Veen ^club

Amazing george !1
Well seen and taken.

7 years ago.

Ko Hummel ^club

nice to see the LMC and SMC

7 years ago.

Richard Nuttall

cracking shot George

7 years ago.

╰☆☆June☆☆╮ ^club

Excellent, well done ;-)

7 years ago.

ColRam

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7 years ago.

Treasa Ui Cionaodha

Absolutely Brilliant Capture. The 3 Trails are easy to see. Looked into the largest view-able and see the 2 more trails although faint at the bottom of the image.. Again Brilliant. Well done George. Regards Tess.

7 years ago.

Simone Maurel

très impressionnant, bravo

7 years ago.

Cheryl Kelly (cher12…

Amazing! Have a wonderful weekend, my friend.

7 years ago.

╰☆☆June☆☆╮ ^club

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7 years ago.

Karen's Place ^club

That is just awesome to see!

7 years ago.

cp_u ^club

wow, fantastic!

7 years ago.

slgwv ^club

Great capture, George!

7 years ago.

Ko Hummel ^club

very, very nice. Have you ever given LMC and SMC a try with a larger f?

7 years ago.

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