A Meteorite Hit the Moon During Total Lunar Eclipse (newscientist.com)

Observers of Sunday's lunar eclipse were blessed with the first known sighting of a meteorite impact during such an event. From a report: The so-called "super wolf blood moon" was eagerly watched by millions of people around the world, mostly via live streaming video. During the eclipse, some people noticed a tiny flash, a brief yellow-white speck, popping up on the lunar surface during the online broadcasts. One Reddit user raised the possibility that this was a meteorite impact and others scoured eclipse footage for evidence of the event. A flash is visible in at least three different videos. Jose Maria Madiedo at the University of Huelva in Spain has confirmed that the impact is genuine. For years, he and his colleagues have been hoping to observe a meteorite impact on the moon during a lunar eclipse, but the brightness of these events can make that very difficult -- lunar meteorite impacts have been filmed before, but not during an eclipse. On this occasion, Madiedo doubled the number of telescopes trained on different parts of the moon -- from four to eight -- in the hope of seeing an impact. "I had a feeling, this time will be the time it will happen," says Madiedo.

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Re:I stopped taking pictures early due to the weat

[Anonymous Coward]

Everyone may sound like downers here, but they are just trying to inform you that regardless of what it was that you saw (we believe you saw something) it wasn't what you thought it was. It's not about exposure, it's about the fact that your optical equipment could not have resolved an object that small, and even un-resolved the amount of light from an object that size hitting your sensor would be undetectable. Just so you know. Focus on how cool your pictures are, you are right to be excited! I wish you'd show us your photos!