Lunar Image Anomaly

Listers,

I would like to solicit comment vis-a-vis an image (taken by an
amateur astronomer) that appears to show two dark objects which
quickly traversed the lunar disk.

The images may be viewed he

http://zaziork.com/astrobservation/lunaranomindex.htm

Has anyone on-list ever observed anything similar?

Please contact me via the web page. Thanks in advance for any
suggestions and/or comments.

Regards,

Dan Bright

"Dan" wrote in message
...
Listers,

I would like to solicit comment vis-a-vis an image (taken by an
amateur astronomer) that appears to show two dark objects which
quickly traversed the lunar disk.

The images may be viewed he

http://zaziork.com/astrobservation/lunaranomindex.htm

Has anyone on-list ever observed anything similar?

Please contact me via the web page. Thanks in advance for any
suggestions and/or comments.

Regards,

Dan Bright



I once saw a toy balloon fly across the face of the Sun during an observing
session; it was about the same angular size as one of the blobs. Two
balloons tied together? The elliptical shapes may be due to motion along
the track during the finite exposure time of the frame. Speed of passage
would depend on wind speeds, which are not known for this incident.

--
Mike Dworetsky

(Remove "pants" spamblock to send e-mail)

"Mike Dworetsky" wrote in
message ...

I once saw a toy balloon fly across the face of the Sun during
an observing
session; it was about the same angular size as one of the
blobs. Two
balloons tied together? The elliptical shapes may be due to
motion along
the track during the finite exposure time of the frame. Speed
of passage
would depend on wind speeds, which are not known for this
incident.

Many thanks for taking the time to look at this, your comments
are very much appreciated.

Another hypothesis was forwarded by Martin Lewicki on another NG:

"I've seen this several times over my 30 years of observing.
Particles of
dust sometime dislodge from the interior of the eyepiece and
float
silhouetted across thee eyepiece field of view at its focal plane
bringing
the particles into sharp focus. Indeed it is striking when you
first see it
and they do look like UFOs tracking across the face of the moon.
Other
times I have seen particles float _through_ the focal plane so
that they
appears out of nowhere (sharply into focus), remain suspended
over the moon
and slowly float off out of the focal plane into oblivion. From
the description given, the appearance of the objects and scale
size on the images this would be my interpretation."

All the best,

Dan

I once saw a toy balloon fly across the face of the Sun during an
observing
session; it was about the same angular size as one of the blobs. Two
balloons tied together? The elliptical shapes may be due to motion along
the track during the finite exposure time of the frame. Speed of passage
would depend on wind speeds, which are not known for this incident.


Balloons? This is obviously the start of a cover up!! The images show what
is quite plainly a TIE fighter...

"Mike Dworetsky" wrote in message
...


"Dan" wrote in message
...
Listers,

I would like to solicit comment vis-a-vis an image (taken by an
amateur astronomer) that appears to show two dark objects which
quickly traversed the lunar disk.

The images may be viewed he

http://zaziork.com/astrobservation/lunaranomindex.htm

Has anyone on-list ever observed anything similar?

Please contact me via the web page. Thanks in advance for any
suggestions and/or comments.

Regards,

Dan Bright



I once saw a toy balloon fly across the face of the Sun during an
observing
session; it was about the same angular size as one of the blobs. Two
balloons tied together? The elliptical shapes may be due to motion along
the track during the finite exposure time of the frame. Speed of passage
would depend on wind speeds, which are not known for this incident.


The oval shape and "shadow" effect looks like chromatic abberation to me
(you can see evidence of this elsewhere in the image, all directed towards
the centre of the image) I am not sure why the colours appear to be inverted
in the case of the object though.

The speed and direction of the shift could be used to determine if it might
have been a dirt spot in the optics (ie could it be that the moon drifted
past while the spot stayed still?) Dirt spots are usually invisible until
they cross something bright like the moon.

Robin