Micrometeorite. A particle from a distant planet under a microscope.

 Posted: Nov 12th, 2025
Technical Info
Telescope/Lens: Microscope objecktive lens Olympus ULWD NeoSPlan 50x/0.55na
Camera: Nikon D5100
Mount: Microscope Zeiss Amplival
Software: Helicon Remote, Helicon Focus, Registax, Photoshop
Accessories: Olympus NFK 2.5x PE
Exposure:
207 x 0.2" ISO/Gain: 100
 Minsk, Belarus
 Nov 11th, 2024
1 m
231
Resolution: 4300x4300 px
Scale: 11058 KB
Found in 2024 on a flat roof near Minsk 53.754473, 27.908047
Size 260 µm, round shape, black color, metallic iron-nickel grain on the surface.
Terrestrial age (based on roof age) - up to 10 years.
Classification: porphyritic olivine.
Crystalline structure: non-oriented magnetite monocrystals on the surface.
Shooting with different depths of field in Helicon Remote.
Stacking 207 frames of 0.2s in Helicon Focus, sharpening - small wavelets in RegiStax6, color correction in Photoshop.
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