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    Apr 21, 2022 3 minutes

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    Trail finder

    I wonder if anyone can help me with a picture I captured during an imaging session on 26 February 2022 at around 22:08, with a 120-second exposure. My imaging target at the time was the Jellyfish Nebula, IC443, but I noticed one of the satellite trails veers sharply upwards in the image before going wobbly and ending in what also looks like a nebula. I wonder if inadvertently I have captured a dying satellite falling towards Earth? I would appreciate any help with this as my

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