Airplane transit of Pleiades with parallel satelliites
Taken by Jason Blake on December 30, 2016 @ Vida, Oregon, USA
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  Camera Used: NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D3300
Exposure Time: 30/1
Aperture: f/3.5
ISO: 800
Date Taken: 2017:01:01 15:07:12
 
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I was trying out a new fisheye lens on the night sky and caught this transit of a jet passing "through" Pleiades. There are also two satellites running parallel in the image. I've never seen that before, even in hundreds of hours of night sky extended exposures. If anyone can identify them, that would be great! I did eliminate the ISS and KITE based on this image being taken after they had docked. The image was taken from Vida, Oregon, United States on 12/30/2016 at 7:55PM local time.
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The Naval Ocean Surveillance System (NOSS) satellite formation have two or three satellites in close proximity to one another. A search for NOSS should turn up plenty of information.

David
Posted by dob 2017-02-06 23:45:44
 
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