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Originally posted by brittbolen
I have another couple of 3 minute exposures with really odd whitish spots that might be dust related, very odd.

I saw some shooting stars, but that seems too bright and short (distance across the skyies) to be one, especially on a 3 minute exposure....
1 The sun rotates, so if you take a long exposure of the sky at night the stars turn into streaks. Especially cool if you shoot due north.



I assume you are working with a digital SLR camera. If so then the larger dots that you were seeing are dust on your sensor.
http://www.google.com/search?q=digital+camera+sensor+clean+dust
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