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Shooting star or satellite? How to tell the difference in photos? Other · Olaf Fritsche · ... · 2 · 119 · 0

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It's hard to believe, but this year the weather gods had a heart for astrophotographers just in time for the Perseids. I also had my modified DSLR shooting one picture after another until the morning. 
However, when reviewing the 1000 or so photos, I came across a problem: 
How do you distinguish shooting stars from the tracks of satellites?

I've seen some photos in the media where I strongly suspect that a satellite was photographed instead of a shooting star. Does anyone know what characteristics are important?
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Meteors leave different trails, start small and feeble and end with a relatively brighter trace (if not a bang), while satelites either spin visibly and thefore have cyclic brightening and dimming or do not ( across the FOV) and leave a uniformely bright trace.
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Aircraft and satellites will move into multiple frames. A meteor will only be in one frame as it burns up quickly.
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