Spaceship?

• by Pixelphantom

  There's an object moving in weird angles... Any ideas what this might be?

  Posted June 25, 2014 3:38 AM

• by Pixelphantom

  Same weirdness going on here
  http://talk.asteroidzoo.org/#/subjects/AAZ00001zb

  Posted June 25, 2014 3:49 AM

• by Pixelphantom

  Yet another example. All displaying an backwards "4" pattern.
  http://talk.asteroidzoo.org/#/subjects/AAZ0001laz

  Posted June 25, 2014 4:04 AM

• by Pixelphantom

  Alright, I've now found that same pattern done by two objects simultaneously, must be artifact of the tool. Strange though.
  http://talk.asteroidzoo.org/#/subjects/AAZ0000quk

  Posted June 25, 2014 4:21 AM

• by scibuff

  These all are camera/optics artifacts. They move in the same pattern because the telescope is dithered (moved slightly) between the exposures in a manner so that artifact won't move linearly, and can therefore be easily distinguished from real objects ...

  Posted June 25, 2014 9:21 PM

• by Pixelphantom

  Great explanation, thanks scibuff!

  Posted June 26, 2014 6:46 PM

• by Del_Congdon

  Yes, thanks for that scibuff, I was wondering about these too.

  Posted June 29, 2014 1:34 PM

• by Chipuk

  Thanks guys and especially sci buff, I saw one of these earlier on and I thought it was Buzz Lightyear!

  Posted June 29, 2014 8:35 PM