[AZ-Observing] Re: Phantom and Flare


ketelsen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

>Hi All-
>
>Was looking over my shots from the Canyon and saw that the Grand Canyon
>Phantom (high school sports mascot) made an appearance at the star party! 
>This is a totally unmanipulated shot other than some slight levels
>adjustment and a slight crop.  It is from a several-hour series of
>40-second exposures taken every 90 seconds, taken near Dennis Young's
>scope.  Who knew such creatures exist...
>
>http://alice.as.arizona.edu/~ketelsen/Phantom.jpg
>  
>

Interesting creature. I imagine the conventional interpretation is that 
someone, a human, walked over to the telescope in the image with a red 
light. The waviness of the streak is the bob in their walk. However, it 
is obvious that the 'someone' behind the telescope that did the walking 
is not human, but instead is some strange as yet unknown creature. 
Although we don't know much about this strange creature, we now know 
that it likes to participate in star parties and is considerate enough 
to do so with a red light.
Stan
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