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Cosmic Rays: Cosmic rays are noise (white dots, blobs and streaks) created in the images by energetic particles striking the cameras in the telescopes. Cosmic rays get reported as comets more often than real comets do! So it essential to learn how to distinguish them from something that is real. Cosmic rays are completely random -- they can, and do, appear absolutely anywhere in the images and they only appear once. They are most commonly just dots, but they are also occasionally blobs or streaks. Some are very faint, but most are quite bright. Some even saturate the camera and cause the large horizontal spikes we often see on planets and bright stars
Originally posted by Brandon88
please don't say it's a satellite
please don't say it's a satellite it's way to big
Cosmic rays are completely random -- they can, and do, appear absolutely anywhere in the images and they only appear once..
Originally posted by Brandon88
reply to post by Phage
They all seem to look like the basic shape of a space vehicle to me, slender with fins on the body. That's just my opinion.
Originally posted by Brandon88
reply to post by DenyObfuscation
Did you see the Approx. next to the number its an estimation. POV can only change the numbers so much at those distances. Attitude will only get you so far, should learn not to talk down to people.
Originally posted by dragonsrreal
I dont know what it is but I will keep an open mind.
Phage got to say you have jumped on this one incredibly quickly to tell us its cosmic rays again. I amBeginging to wonder if you are trying to cover something up.
He doth protest too much