Shooting Star

[ChrisR]

Can anyone tell me why there are two streaks on the shooting star,from part of a star trail image taken last night?

[quantumpanda]

Could it be that it broke up into two smaller fragments?

[GrantEb]

How long was this sub exposed for?

[ChrisR]

A batch of 30 seconds at f4 400ISO.

[melsky]

Hi Chris

You might have caught a pair of Iridium flares there, they can appear within seconds of each other in exactly the same area. Check out if any were visible at the time you took the shot on CalSky

Mel

[ollypenrice]

Hi Chris

You might have caught a pair of Iridium flares there, they can appear within seconds of each other in exactly the same area. Check out if any were visible at the time you took the shot on CalSky

Mel

That's what I was thinking too...

Olly

[ChrisR]

Thanks guys, you could be right about a pair of Iridium flares, Only thing is I did see a shooting star in that part of the sky while I was taking the picture, it was a lot longer in real life but that would be the effect of the 10mm wide angle lens.So I was expecting to see something to the right hand side of Polaris.