Balloon in front of the moon>

[Ludd]

I've at last got round to clearing out the memory card from my camera and realised I'd forgotten about this oddity I snapped last Summer (9.30pm on 10 August in fact).  I'd got the camera set up on the scope and pointed at the moon, and was just focussing when I saw something move in front of the moon.  I managed to snap it as it passed.  Is this an escaped party balloon?  It was too slow, I think, to be a satellite.

The main picture is untweaked save for compression to upload it here, the close-up has had unsharp mask applied in case I could see whether it said "Happy Birthday Grandad" on it.

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

Could well be a balloon. Nice catch.