What is THIS? While I was shooting at Slippery Elm Trail last night, I set up my point and shoot to take some photos to stack into star trails later. I had 83 frames total, and I didn't see this object until I got home to upload my photos.
At first I thought it was an iridium flare, but it's not listed in the
heavens-above.com predictions for my area. Plus, it looks like there are a total of 3 streaks of light simultaneously. My guess would be it's a meteor split into one big chunk and two little ones!
Update 4/8/2013: After further analysis, and some expert eyes over at Reddit, it has been determined that the 3 lights in the sky were, in fact, a trio of
Naval Ocean Surveillance System (NOSS) satellites. I had no idea satellites flew in formation, and flew this close together! It still looks odd though - still more like an iridium flare than the
slow crawl of the NOSS formation.
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| 9:10pm facing NE, ISO 800, 15 sec, taken with Canon Powershot A3100IS |
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| 83 frames stacked in StarStaX, the odd angle of the shooting star stands out |
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| Help from Redditors to identify the NOSS formation |
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