Astronomical photographer Caribbean Astronomy Society (bag), Yarilis MedinaSome amazing photos were taken on Wednesday evening, which we can only see Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsouchenshan-Atlas) accompanied by the millions of stars that make it up milky wayBut his photos also captured some strange lines.
Pictures taken from UtuadoIt shows the passage of comet C/2023, whose trail can still be seen as it moves away from Earth. However, just above the comet’s tail you can see some striking lines.
“While I was reviewing the images I obtained around 6:59 to 7:00 pm yesterday, Wednesday, I noticed some strange lines similar to satellite tracks when images are acquired for several seconds that record their movement, but there were several of them together,” Medina said in statements. Written.
The educational authority explained that these are several English communications satellites of the “OneWeb” type, forming a small constellation. According to SAC, these satellites are from the company Eutelsatcompetes with the service provided by Starlink, a subsidiary of SpaceXwhich has already placed more than 6,400 satellites in low orbit to provide Internet service.
Until last Wednesday, SpaceX has been put into orbit Another group of 23 Starlink satellites.
OneWeb, currently, has 640 satellites in orbit, according to SAC.
“In that specific area of the sky, the OneWeb satellites 0532, 0312, 0295 and 0330 were passing, but on the same path 20 other OneWeb satellites were also put into orbit which were launched into space on October 19,” he noted. Eddie IrizarrySAC’s scientific publisher, who added that the images show fairly wide streaks because images exposed for several seconds recorded the passage of several satellites at the same time.
SAC explained that because OneWeb satellites orbit the Earth at an altitude of 743 miles and are small, they are usually not visible to the naked eye, but may sometimes be captured in images.
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