Uploaded August 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Night time sky time lapse what is chasing the moon? Perseids meteor shower flop
I had originally planned to record the Perseids meteor shower during its peak August 11 into the morning of the 12 2025 except there were no meteors during 10 hours of recordings. But I did notice something is chasing the moon, what is it? What could it be? Let me know what you think it is in the comments.
Update August 13, 2025: being a photographer, I know exactly what is chasing the moon now .... its the same thing that causes ghost orbs people post thinking its something paranormal when really its just light reflecting off of a spec of dust on a camera lens. How do I know that, different timelapse last night, has a different something chasing the moon thats not in frame until the moon is, and the camera angle was different than this video so the dot is further away from the moon this time. So basically, light from an external source (the moon in this case) hits the camera lens and gets sent to the digital sensor which reflects some of the light back out, and hits the dust on the camera lens, causing a picture artifact or dot that moves with the light source because the light source is also moving. Also because the camera angle is different than the previous night, the dot chasing the moon is further away from the light source.
Night time sky time lapse what is chasing the moon? Perseids meteor shower flop
I had originally planned to record the Perseids meteor shower during its peak August 11 into the morning of the 12 2025 except there were no meteors during 10 hours of recordings. But I did notice something is chasing the moon, what is it? What could it be? Let me know what you think it is in the comments.
Update August 13, 2025: being a photographer, I know exactly what is chasing the moon now .... its the same thing that causes ghost orbs people post thinking its something paranormal when really its just light reflecting off of a spec of dust on a camera lens. How do I know that, different timelapse last night, has a different something chasing the moon thats not in frame until the moon is, and the camera angle was different than this video so the dot is further away from the moon this time. So basically, light from an external source (the moon in this case) hits the camera lens and gets sent to the digital sensor which reflects some of the light back out, and hits the dust on the camera lens, causing a picture artifact or dot that moves with the light source because the light source is also moving. Also because the camera angle is different than the previous night, the dot chasing the moon is further away from the light source.
