This is photo of my laptop screen. Sharpcap stack of four thirty second frames. Flats stacked 3 sec x20. C8, Hyperstar v4. Region of Alnitak.

That sure looks like an f-15. How could it be?

by MutedAdvisor9414

7 Comments

  1. MutedAdvisor9414 on

    Unfortunately, I was not saving the individual frames at the time. Asi294mc Pro

  2. elridgecatcher on

    Simplest answer: it’s not a plane, it’s a visual artifact from the stacking process that looks like a plane! Weird stuff happens occasionally.

  3. C8 with hyperstar v4, thats just barely a 400mm.

    That must be flying very close to your backyard if that was really a plane, and you should have seen and heard it with your naked eyes if you were out at that time, can’t believe this, Really?

    Could also be an artifact, but I doubt it after seeing streaks of lines passing through your stars making them elongated towards the direction of that thing. More likely contrails due to the passing jet.

  4. I can’t tell you for sure whether it’s a plane or not but I can tell you for sure it’s not an F-15!