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

[SunE]

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

[Don Samuels]

If this was last night, I suspect it was Jupiter.  Get an app called Stellarium and you can point your phone

Thanks

Don

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[SunE]

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]

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]

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]

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

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[Dustin Lang]

Oops, forgot to attach the screenshot!

[SunE]

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