How to know what celestial body is that tiny speck above the moon on this picture

59 views
Skip to first unread message

SunE

unread,
Nov 9, 2025, 5:05:47 AMNov 9
to astrometry
Hi All,
I knew in this group and also new in astronomy. 
I have posted these two images - 
1. one attachment is a wide angle with the picture of the  street , the moon and a tiny speak ( that looks like a comet ) above all of them 
2. The other is the zoomed in cropped version of the same, with the moon at the bottom and a slightly larger dot and a tail of the presumably comet on the top left .

I tried to identify on Astrometry but failed to identify it .

Can anyone here guide me on this ?

Cheers👍
Surjo

What's the TINY SPECK above the moon .jpg
What's that TINY SPECK above the moon .jpg

Don Samuels

unread,
Nov 9, 2025, 10:13:16 AMNov 9
to SunE, astrometry
If this was last night, I suspect it was Jupiter.  Get an app called Stellarium and you can point your phone

Thanks
Don


--
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "astrometry" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to astrometry+...@googlegroups.com.
To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/astrometry/e2674238-d9fb-49c7-a45b-7c48f92759den%40googlegroups.com.

SunE

unread,
Nov 9, 2025, 10:17:50 AMNov 9
to Don Samuels, astrometry
Thanks Don!

Will surely check this with the app.
It was on 5 sep and taken with my canon camera .

Warm regards 
Surjo

Don Samuels

unread,
Nov 9, 2025, 10:42:44 AMNov 9
to SunE, astrometry
You can set the date and time in stellarium and go back to when you took the pic.  It is not Jupiter if it was on November 5

Thanks
Don

SunE

unread,
Nov 9, 2025, 11:10:48 AMNov 9
to Don Samuels, astrometry
Thanks a lot Don!
Yes, even I feel it's not jupiter because when I zoom in on the picture that tiny speck gets a bit enlarged and a dot with a tail is visible .

Regards 
Surjo 

Dustin Lang

unread,
Nov 9, 2025, 11:13:25 AMNov 9
to Don Samuels, SunE, astrometry
That's a great picture!

Maybe the bright star Altair?  You can also put your location into Stellarium.

My guess is that the shape of the object is entirely due to the optics of your camera, not an actual comet tail -- sorry to say :)

cheers,
dustin


Dustin Lang

unread,
Nov 9, 2025, 11:13:46 AMNov 9
to Don Samuels, SunE, astrometry
Oops, forgot to attach the screenshot!

2b.jpg

SunE

unread,
Nov 9, 2025, 11:17:32 AMNov 9
to Dustin Lang, Don Samuels, astrometry
Thanks a lot Dustin for your explanation!
I sincerely hope the camera optics hasn't tricked me :)

But surely will put my location on Stellarium and croos check .

Cheers 
Surjo
Reply all
Reply to author
Forward
0 new messages