Mars and Strange Object!

[Moonshed]

I was taking some images of Mars last night through my 8” Celestron, just low magnification stuff using my Lumicon East Guider.
I used automatic exposure settings on my Canon EOS and just pressed the button on the remote when wanting a pic. Most of them turned out as expected, a small reddish sphere, but two of them were really weird. 
I don’t know how I managed to alter the focus twice and to the same extent five images apart, but somehow I must have because this is one of them, the other is almost identical.

it’s definitely a UFO.  (only kidding)

Or maybe a lens flare or something.

Anyway, it’s an interesting effect and no doubt some of you will be able to explain exactly what it is....a UFO!
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited September 22, 2020 by Moonshed

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

Most likely a Vogon Constructor Fleet coming out of hyperspace 😜

[Moonshed]

1 minute ago, michael.h.f.wilkinson said:

Most likely a Vogon Constructor Fleet coming out of hyperspace 😜

They can take their hyperspace bypass and route it through Pluto.  NIMBY.

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

Just now, Moonshed said:

They can take their hyperspace bypass and route it through Pluto.  NIMBY.

Have you complained at the local planning office in alpha Centauri? 

[Gmx76]

It seems to hang in the air in the same way that bricks don't. 

[Moonshed]

11 minutes ago, michael.h.f.wilkinson said:

Have you complained at the local planning office in alpha Centauri? 

I did, but they said they had posted the necessary notifications giving Earth plenty of time to appeal the decision, but they posted it in the bottom drawer of a filing cabinet in their  office basement!  It is now too late to appeal so Earth  will be destroyed 2:00pm tomorrow. See you in the pub.

[Alfies]

Could it be a nebula.of some sort

[Robindonne]

You pictured the tail of the rover

[RT65CB-SWL]

Looking @Moonshed's image, I had the 'earworm' of Richard Burton & Liam Neeson intro of Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds...

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

10 minutes ago, Moonshed said:

I did, but they said they had posted the necessary notifications giving Earth plenty of time to appeal the decision, but they posted it in the bottom drawer of a filing cabinet in their  office basement!  It is now too late to appeal so Earth  will be destroyed 2:00pm tomorrow. See you in the pub.

Make sure you get some peanuts

[Ibbo!]

Its fine ,I know where my towel is.

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

18 minutes ago, Ibbo! said:

Its fine ,I know where my towel is.

Electronic thumb fully charged?

[Moonshed]

22 minutes ago, Ibbo! said:

Its fine ,I know where my towel is.

Glad you reminded me about that, I will make sure to take mine.

[Moonshed]

27 minutes ago, michael.h.f.wilkinson said:

Make sure you get some peanuts

I will have them ready as they will be pretty much essential for the trip, so DON’T PANIC!

[Moonshed]

35 minutes ago, Robindonne said:

You pictured the tail of the rover

Was it wagging?

[Moonshed]

45 minutes ago, Gmx76 said:

It seems to hang in the air in the same way that bricks don't. 

It’s all due to the Infinite Improbability Drive.

[Moonshed]

43 minutes ago, Alfies said:

Could it be a nebula.of some sort

Could be, but I think it’s more likely to be a Martian jelly fish, or maybe squid.

[Moonshed]

53 minutes ago, Philip R said:

Looking @Moonshed's image, I had the 'earworm' of Richard Burton & Liam Neeson intro of Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds...

There are a lot worse earworms to have buzzing around in your head! 

[Ant]

ha ha ha - that stayed on topic about 0 posts lol

I have no clue how you may have got that. Looks kind of nice though

[Paul M]

Never mind the pretty lens flare, that's an interesting rendition of Mars. I know it's grossly overexposed but I'm surprised how symmetrical and well contained it is. A work of art in itself!  

[dweller25]

2 hours ago, michael.h.f.wilkinson said:

Most likely a Vogon Constructor Fleet coming out of hyperspace 😜

I was just going to say the same thing 🤪

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

6 minutes ago, dweller25 said:

I was just going to say the same thing 🤪

Great minds think alike

 

[ScouseSpaceCadet]

Omg. I'm going out right now to panic buy toilet roll!

[Moonshed]

3 hours ago, Paul M said:

Never mind the pretty lens flare, that's an interesting rendition of Mars. I know it's grossly overexposed but I'm surprised how symmetrical and well contained it is. A work of art in itself!  

I have spent countless hours sweating buckets over images of distant galaxies, nebula, planets, sun and moon and consider some of them  to be nothing less than exceedingly marvellous, kinda, and all my friends and family can manage is  to say “ that’s nice”. 
I get a freak shot of Mars and a lens flare and they are all posting and reposting it to all and sundry!

My wife even wants me to print it off so she can frame it and hang it in the living room. I give up.
It is an eye catching image though I have to admit 😄

[Paul M]

1 hour ago, Moonshed said:

My wife even wants me to print it off so she can frame it and hang it in the living room. I give up.
It is an eye catching image though I have to admit 😄

And so you should, it reminds me of the spray paint "space art" being offered by street vendors in the Spanish resorts some years back.

We bought and framed some of that for our first house.