# Squiggly Stars

**URL:** <https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/squiggly-stars/1425>\
**Category:** Astrophotography\
**Created:** [January 10, 2026, 1:29pm UTC](https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/squiggly-stars/1425 "2026-01-10T13:29:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![405nightshots](https://discourse.okcastro.club/user_avatar/discourse.okcastro.club/405nightshots/32/1577_2.png) [@405nightshots](https://discourse.okcastro.club/u/405nightshots)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2026, 1:29pm UTC](https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/squiggly-stars/1425/1 "2026-01-10T13:29:05Z")

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Even squiggly stars can make a photo look good. I was testing the “operational limits” of my S50 on a windy night and this happened. I’m happy with the results in many ways. Never stop creating…

 ![BF Light_mosaic_M 45_5](https://discourse.okcastro.club/uploads/default/original/2X/0/063d69dce9a8a98a131b48a4f668da7b2c66bfd5.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![Tom.Graham](https://discourse.okcastro.club/user_avatar/discourse.okcastro.club/tom.graham/32/105_2.png) [@Tom.Graham](https://discourse.okcastro.club/u/Tom.Graham)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2026, 2:55pm UTC](https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/squiggly-stars/1425/2 "2026-01-10T14:55:39Z")

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Well, that’s creative!

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**Author:** ![DaveNH6SM](https://discourse.okcastro.club/user_avatar/discourse.okcastro.club/davenh6sm/32/112_2.png) [@DaveNH6SM](https://discourse.okcastro.club/u/DaveNH6SM)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2026, 4:13pm UTC](https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/squiggly-stars/1425/3 "2026-01-10T16:13:23Z")

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I had the same thing happen at CRO on my S50. Started out looking normal for about 30 minutes. Then the wind picked up. Not sure why it didn’t throw out all those bad frames.

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**Author:** ![Mitche](https://discourse.okcastro.club/user_avatar/discourse.okcastro.club/mitche/32/61_2.png) [@Mitche](https://discourse.okcastro.club/u/Mitche)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2026, 6:46pm UTC](https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/squiggly-stars/1425/4 "2026-01-10T18:46:13Z")

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Sometimes when things don’t go they way they’re supposed to, something really neat happens!

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**Author:** ![Doc](https://discourse.okcastro.club/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/f07891/32.png) [@Doc](https://discourse.okcastro.club/u/Doc)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2026, 5:52pm UTC](https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/squiggly-stars/1425/5 "2026-01-13T17:52:28Z")

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Fun pix…thans…Doc

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**Author:** ![JRMacy](https://discourse.okcastro.club/user_avatar/discourse.okcastro.club/jrmacy/32/654_2.png) [@JRMacy](https://discourse.okcastro.club/u/JRMacy)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2026, 5:54pm UTC](https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/squiggly-stars/1425/6 "2026-01-17T17:54:48Z")

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It’s the Tadpole star cluster! Wind did a great photobomb! Nice work!