This is a 120 second unguided image from the Mark Slade Remote Observatory ( telescope operates with a Telescope Drive Master) taken using an LX-200 at f 6.4 and ATIK 314e CCD camera. FOV about 11.6x8.7 arc-minutes, image scale about 0.5 arc-second /pixel. Start time of exposure 2:16:18UT 8/5/2016. B86 was transiting and about 23 degrees above the southern horizon when image was obtained. The trail if inspected closely seems to show a roped or braided appearance and appears to be hollow. In my experience over the past 6 months using this telescope, I have recorded trails of all sorts-airplanes, satellites, but none looked like this one.

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© Myron Wasiuta and the Mark Slade Remote Observatory