Something exploded or vented?
Taken by Glen Wurden on November 24, 2015 @ Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA
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  Camera Used: NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D600
Exposure Time: 300/10
Aperture: f/1.0
ISO: 6400
Date Taken: 2015:11:24 06:32:32
  
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What??? This was above Comet Catalina, and below Venus. Bright as hell! Full frame, Nikon D600, ISO6400, 30 second exposure, Stellarvue SVQ100, 580 mm focal length, f/5.8. I had actually switched up to take an image of M51, after multiple images of Comet Catalina....then I saw this thing, NAKED EYE...and thought WTF? I drove the scope back down to it, centered, and started snapping!
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I saw the same thing from Arizona. I wake up and looked at the window to see Venus and saw this thing. I though was comet Catalina and I went outside to take a picture. I dont know what it was either. I uploaded the pictures in the gallery too: http://spaceweathergallery.com/indiv_upload.php?upload_id=120238
Posted by aruizvel 2015-11-24 08:08:08
I also saw this from Tucson, while looking for Comet Catalina this morning. I didnt see the comet with 10x50 binoculars. I assume this object is man-made. I agree it was quite weird and easily visible naked eye.
Posted by saguaro 2015-11-24 08:23:18
The Japanese launch of H-IIA-29 carrying the Canadian Telstar 12V comms satellite went up last night, and deployed its payload at 1116 UTC (0416 MST).
It then began to vent surplus liquid hydrogen propellant, by 1300 UTC it was 35000 km over the equator at about 50 deg W and would have been visible from your location.(your EXIF disagrees with your posted time - is this 0730 MST? Saying time zone always helps when were trying to identify these things)
Posted by planet4589 2015-11-24 14:15:46
Space Invaders! Oh wait wasnt that a video game ;} ?
Nice shot(s) also
Posted by HP1954 2015-11-24 17:51:00
 
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