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Photographer:

halfastro

Location of Photo:

Tucson, AZ

Date/Time of photo:

April 9

Equipment:

Celestron Nexstar 8 Edge HD and Canon 6D

Description:

BepiColombo flew by Earth for a gravity assist on its way to Mercury. These two 20 second exposures show the spacecraft rapidly moving across the field. The first one was taken at 10:34pm MST right after it emerged from the shadow. The second was taken at 11:16pm MST. Note how the trail is shorter due to the spacecraft moving farther away even thought the exposure times were identical.

Website:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/halfastro/

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