Another fun game of "what's that star!" The tiny, slowly moving star is definitely a satellite, the time of night here is closer to sunrise than sunset, and they are looking east, into the part of space already lit up with sunlight, a great time to see satellites and tumbling rocket bodies. The description says this was 2023, so the brightest star there is Jupiter, and Uranus is actually right there in the middle!
It's kinda funny to think, I just double-checked, it's been a year, so Jupiter has moved "left" in this image to the other side of the Hyades, but Uranus has barely moved, it's long slow orbit is almost equal to 7 Jupiter orbits, so it will take 7 years to cover the same distance.
edit: haha, seems we all posted at the same time, like it's lunch time or something![:)]( "Smile")
It's kinda funny to think, I just double-checked, it's been a year, so Jupiter has moved "left" in this image to the other side of the Hyades, but Uranus has barely moved, it's long slow orbit is almost equal to 7 Jupiter orbits, so it will take 7 years to cover the same distance.
edit: haha, seems we all posted at the same time, like it's lunch time or something
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