SpaceX Deorbit Burn
Taken by Jeremy Perez on March 30, 2024 @
Flagstaff, Arizona, USA
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Camera Used: Canon Canon EOS 6D Mark II
Exposure Time: 4/1
Aperture: f/2.8
ISO: 6400
Date Taken: 2024:03:30 21:37:21
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Tonight's Vandenberg SpaceX launch got postponed. With clouds moving in and likelihood of a much fainter display at the later hour, I bailed out and drove back home. Just as I pulled back into my driveway, I saw a post on X/Twitter from Eric Petrone (@azmonsoon) and Dillon Shrop (@Dillonshrop06) about a different, impending SpaceX deorbit burn nearly overhead from my location in Flagstaff, Arizona. I hustled back to my darker sky imaging spot with 5 minutes to spare. // The camera exposures do not convey the visual experience. It looks like a delicate, cometary, dandelion poof drifting overhead, and not brilliant blue visually like the camera picked up. The zoomed inset view shows double trailing as the deployed satellites drifted along next to the 2nd stage as it fired its engines. This was visible visually as a fainter speck next to the blossoming 2nd stage. // I was initially shooting four second exposures seen in the first pic and realizing how fast it was moving, switched to 2.5 second exposures seen in second pic. If I try for one of these again, I may attempt video to see if it's possible to capture the delicate character of it. Or maybe a second camera running longer exposures to get less of the dashed line effect. // Canon EOS 6D Mark II, Canon EF 16-35mm f2.8 III USM // 6 x 4 sec & 20 x 2.5 sec, f/2.8, ISO 6400 // Starry Landscape Stacker, Photoshop, Lightroom
Photographer's website:
https://www.perezmedia.net
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