Radderz’ Randomness

Back in September, I tried to take a few detailed shots of the Moon. I was impressed at what my new camera could do, you can make out quite clearly craters on the edge of the moon that can’t really been seen with the naked eye.

However, a few weeks later I tried to get some different shots, but during photographing, I noticed a weird black speck on the view finder. Slightly concerned that I had something on my lense or a dead pixel, I began moving my camera around, however the black speck remained relative to the Moon whichever direction or rotation my camera was in.

Furthermore, this black speck seemed to move over the space of 5-10 minutes, eventually moving outside of the Moons glow which was how I could see it.

Having ruled out the possibility of ‘dirt on lens’, the next viable option was that it was an object, and the blackness was the effect of it being somewhere between me and the Moon, blocking the light being reflected back. However, this speck seemed quite big in comparison to the moon, so either it had to be close, or it was a huge object. I would have thought that it would have been a satellite drifting past, however even if the object was in low orbit I would guess the object would be of far greater size to be one. Space station perhaps? Or maybe a passing meteor? However, it would have been too big to miss at least some media attention to alert people when where to look out for it - maybe.. Nothing on any news sites I spotted.

Anyway, I think this will remain a mystery, unless anyone else has some ideas

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