M22 with a UFO? (Kurt Zeppetello)

Celestial hemisphere: Southern · Constellation: Sagittarius (Sgr) · Contains: 10 Hygiea · 24 Sgr · 25 Sgr · 9.34 · M 22 · NGC 6656 · PK009-07.1 · The star 24Sgr

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M22 with a UFO?

Link: http://kurt-zeppetello.blogspot.com/2017/07/m22.html

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M22 with a UFO?

Link: http://kurt-zeppetello.blogspot.com/2017/07/m22.html

Messier 22 (a.k.a. NGC 6656) is a globular cluster in the constellation Sagittarius and is one of the brightest globulars that is visible in the night sky. It is relatively close to Earth at a distance of about 10,600 light-years away and is has a diameter of about 100 light-years (source: wikipedia).

This is the first globular cluster I have imaged in 2017 and the first time I have ever taken a photo of this object. It is very low in the horizon and not even visible from my yard which is why I never imaged it before. I am quite happy with how it turned out being so low.

I seem to have picked up a UFO while imaging M22 (see the cropped photo with the red circle). It could be the Vulcans wanting to make first contact but then deciding against it after seeing the state of affairs. Maybe someone in Astrobin-land has an idea of what it is. The actual date and time is: 6/27/17 at 00:49-01:28 EST or 05:49-06:28 GMT. At first I thought it was bad tracking when I looked at the subframes before stacking them. The object moves slightly relative to other stars in each subframe. If you look closely you can see the overall movement.

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PixInsight job	BZ070ZM0NKVLW5CQXE3SE486JWBCZUVY
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RA (center)	18h36m24s.95
RA (top/left)	18h33m37s.41
RA (top/right)	18h38m52s.81
RA (bottom/right)	18h39m11s.74
RA (bottom/left)	18h33m58s.52

Dec (center)	-23°53′58″.4
Dec (top/left)	-24°16′19″.3
Dec (top/right)	-24°22′45″.9
Dec (bottom/right)	-23°31′22″.1
Dec (bottom/left)	-23°24′58″.1

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