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Satellite Trails (Wiggly Trails - May 13, 2023).jpg
A demonstration of how some satellites can look wiggly in places along their trails, as several of the satellite trails here show up and down oscillations along part of their paths. What might be the cause? Perhaps drive errors in the tracker causing the image movement, as the stars in this image are trailed slightly.
This is a single one-minute exposure with the Canon RF135mm lens at f/2.2 and on the Canon R5 at ISO 1000, aimed toward the Realm of the Galaxies area in Coma-Virgo, The tracker was the Star Adventurer 2i, with the camera on a ball head and almost vertical so the weight was not to one side on the east or west of the tracker, which had that been the case might have meshed the gears better and provided better tracking.
This is a single one-minute exposure with the Canon RF135mm lens at f/2.2 and on the Canon R5 at ISO 1000, aimed toward the Realm of the Galaxies area in Coma-Virgo, The tracker was the Star Adventurer 2i, with the camera on a ball head and almost vertical so the weight was not to one side on the east or west of the tracker, which had that been the case might have meshed the gears better and provided better tracking.
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