Space X Falcon 9 Fuel Dump
Taken by Mark Brown on November 5, 2020 @
Marion, Iowa
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Camera Used: Canon Canon EOS 60D
Exposure Time: 20/1
Aperture: f/2.8
ISO: 800
Date Taken: 2020:11:05 20:33:47
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Details:
I was outside imaging through my telescope at around 7:40pm and was about to move to a target in Cygnus. As I looked up, I noticed "something" that shouldn't be in that part of the sky. It appeared as a bright nebulous patch of light and was slowly expanding and moving to the NNE. My initial thought was that it was an atmospheric phenomena or perhaps the remnants of a Taurid meteor. As I continued to watch, the plume became larger and brighter. I ran inside and grabbed my camera and tripod and started taking 15 second exposures. The sequence of images captured in the animation spanned from 7:45pm to 7:56pm central time (US).
After observing, it looked like images I had seen in the past from rocket fuel dumps. I contacted CBS2 meteorologist Nick Stewart in Cedar Rapids to see if he was hearing anything and if it might be a rocket fuel dump or plume or sorts. He quickly checked the trajectory of the SpaceX Falcon 9 which was heading over Iowa at the time of the plume's appearance.
The single image was captured with a Canon 60Da and Sigma 17-50mm lens @ 17mm, f/3.5, ISO 800.
Photographer's website:
https://northstarastronomy.wordpress.com
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