| Asteroid & Comet Fly-Bys LAAstro.com by Bill Patterson |
| It is not uncommon to find unexpected items in your astronomical images from time to time. After all there are hundreds of thousands of solar system objects floating around - asteroids, man-made satellites, comets, etc.. They all move much faster than stars that appear fixed as they as so far away. Movement can be detected over a period of an hour or two. You just have to "keep an eye out" for unexpected movement and try to investigate the cause............ |