in this video i found it shows this star supposedly "dissappearing" but i thought it totally looked photoshop
what d'you think?
http://youtube.com/watch?v=3czDyk-mOXA
2007-08-13 12:41:17 · 9 answers · asked by Katie 4 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
it looks like either its been photoshopped and the star was erased, or almost like it cut to a different shot. either way...i doubt that its legitimate
2007-08-13 12:50:34 · answer #1 · answered by electragirl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stars in general do not just "dissappear." They are gigantic, tormented, undulating, seething gas balls with nuclear fusion going on inside of them at phenominal temperatures. The only way one could disappear might be via a huge explosion which would be seen for many, many years as a nebula.
I would not rate all documents on youtube as being 100 percent reliable.
Regards,
Zah
2007-08-13 20:25:42 · answer #2 · answered by zahbudar 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Looks like the flash you see all the time from orbiting satellites - they catch sunlight at just the right angle and reflect it for a moment (up to maybe a minute) before their orientation or their orbit stops the reflection from hitting our eyes.
But it could be Photoshop - I don't have a lot of knowledge of Photoshop but I bet I could do that too.
2007-08-13 20:41:52 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don´t know why anyone would bother making a clip like that. Note how evenly distributed the stars are. Very characteristic of someone trying to paint a starfield using the brush tools in photoshop...
2007-08-13 22:27:59 · answer #4 · answered by DrAnders_pHd 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Photoshop. If it wasn't photoshopped, then it was light on a satellite that fell out of range. There'd be a brief flare as it got a full dose of light, then fall into shadow. Lo - a 'disappearing star'!
2007-08-13 22:11:04 · answer #5 · answered by ryttu3k 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wouldn't go as far as to give the creator of this "video" the credit of this "possibly" being photoshopped. This piece of crap could have been created in Microsoft Paint by my 3-year old neice. That's how pathetic it is.
However, I must declare, I did get a good laugh out of it. Thanks for posting this!
2007-08-13 21:07:54 · answer #6 · answered by Sandy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That doesn't look like a real star field to me. You can't just use a regular video camera on the sky; you need one that can take long exposures, and that doesn't look like what we're seeing here. It looks completely fake.
2007-08-13 19:50:35 · answer #7 · answered by eri 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Either that or it is two sequences taken at different time, with the "changing" objects being asteroids or comets (i.e. objects that do shift location from day to day).
2007-08-13 19:53:51 · answer #8 · answered by Vincent G 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
P-H-O-T-O-S-H-O-P!!!
2007-08-13 20:25:21 · answer #9 · answered by Echo 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋