Mysterious Dark Object That Epsilon Aurigae Eclipse

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Mysterious Dark Object That Epsilon Aurigae Eclipse

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Hi,
Interesting video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84wJYwsE ... r_embedded

Have a nice day.
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It moved too fast to be within epsilon Aurigae's system, and angular diameter too small to be within ours. Probably an intergalatic dust cloud?
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I was hoping that it might be an alien spacecraft :)
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Post by 10,000rpm »

Looks like a swarm of bees crossing the field of view during the imaging.
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