Star bright, light my way tonight.

oldhippy

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First ever shooting star
 

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Bourbon Neat

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Very nice how you included the ground structure with the night sky. That actually looks more like an Iridium satellite reflection, referred to as iridium flares. The narrow ends with some ballooning in the middle is what the flares look like. The website at this link has a category named Iridium Flares which show their schedule, you would need to plug in your gps coordinates to get very accurate results. Heavens-Above
First ever shooting star
 

MartinCornwall

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Very nice how you included the ground structure with the night sky. That actually looks more like an Iridium satellite reflection, referred to as iridium flares. The narrow ends with some ballooning in the middle is what the flares look like. The website at this link has a category named Iridium Flares which show their schedule, you would need to plug in your gps coordinates to get very accurate results. Heavens-Above

Viewing this on my pc I can see two gaps in the light trail, indicating that this was over 3 exposures and stacked together. This means that it is a long exposure indicating an iridium flare as meteors are very fast ( usually parts of a second).
@oldhippy Am I correct in thinking that this was 3 exposures stacked?
 
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