Just a while back, my wife and I watched something strange from the west in the night sky. At first we thought it was the usual satellites but upon watching, we saw lights coming about every 10 seconds apart and then would disapear at the same point in the sky. This went on for several minutes.....


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On 05-14-20 13:00, Thumper wrote to All <=-

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Just a while back, my wife and I watched something strange from the
west in the night sky. At first we thought it was the usual satellites
but upon watching, we saw lights coming about every 10 seconds apart
and then would disapear at the same point in the sky. This went on for several minutes.....

The disappearing could be simply objects going into shadow, but that sounds rather unusual in any case. :)


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Re: Re: Amateur Astronomers
By: Thumper to All on Thu May 14 2020 13:00:00


Thumper> Just a while back, my wife and I watched something strange from
Thumper> the west in the night sky. At first we thought it was the usual
Thumper> satellites but upon watching, we saw lights coming about every
Thumper> 10 seconds apart and then would disapear at the same point in
Thumper> the sky. This went on for several minutes.....

this sounds like you're seeing the starlink satellites that elon is putting up...

https://www.starlink.com/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgysWWwESfU

i was also looking for a video i've seen where they come into view and then appear to disappear as they move into the earth's shadow or when the reflection angle changes enough so you're not seeing the reflected light any more...

if you're not aware of it, you might follow SATOBS and the Visual Satellite Observers mailing list SeeSat-L...

http://www.satobs.org/

http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html



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On 05-14-20 13:00, Thumper wrote to All <=-

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Just a while back, my wife and I watched something strange from the
west in the night sky. At first we thought it was the usual satellites
but upon watching, we saw lights coming about every 10 seconds apart
and then would disapear at the same point in the sky. This went on for several minutes.....

The disappearing could be simply objects going into shadow, but that sounds rather unusual in any case. :)

Strangest thing I've seen in awhile.... Should have got video.



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Re: Re: Amateur Astronomers
By: Thumper to All on Thu May 14 2020 13:00:00

Thumper> Just a while back, my wife and I watched something strange
from
Thumper> the west in the night sky. At first we thought it was the
usual
Thumper> satellites but upon watching, we saw lights coming about
every
Thumper> 10 seconds apart and then would disapear at the same point in
Thumper> the sky. This went on for several minutes.....

this sounds like you're seeing the starlink satellites that elon is putting up...

https://www.starlink.com/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgysWWwESfU

I'll have to check that out!

i was also looking for a video i've seen where they come into view and then appear to disappear as they move into the earth's shadow or when
the reflection angle changes enough so you're not seeing the reflected light any more...

if you're not aware of it, you might follow SATOBS and the Visual Satellite Observers mailing list SeeSat-L...

http://www.satobs.org/

http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html

I'll check that out too! Thanks.






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Re: Re: Amateur Astronomers
By: Thumper to All on Thu May 14 2020 01:00 pm

Just a while back, my wife and I watched something strange from the west in the night sky. At first we thought it was the usual satellites but upon watching, we saw lights coming about every 10 seconds apart and then would disapear at the same point in the sky. This went on for several minutes.....

Starlink! You can track them, we saw them the other night. It's actually a distraction in the night sky, but kinda cool to see at the same time.

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Re: Re: Amateur Astronomers
By: Thumper to All on Thu May 14 2020 01:00 pm

Just a while back, my wife and I watched something strange from the west in the night sky. At first we thought it was the usual satellites but upon watching, we saw lights coming about every 10 seconds apart and then would disapear at the same point in the sky. This went on for several minutes.....

Strange...

I remember one time I was observing the western sky when two lights appeared in Gemini and tracked each other over the horizon. Not airplanes that I could tell..no running lights, no sound. And probably not satellites.

I can never be sure though.

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On 05-15-20 11:33, Thumper wrote to Vk3jed <=-

The disappearing could be simply objects going into shadow, but that sounds rather unusual in any case. :)

Strangest thing I've seen in awhile.... Should have got video.

Yeah, that would have been interesting. :)


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Re: Re: Amateur Astronomers
By: Thumper to All on Thu May 14 2020 01:00 pm

Just a while back, my wife and I watched something strange from the west in the night sky. At first we thought it was the usual satellites but upon watching, we saw lights coming about every 10 seconds apart and then would disapear at the same point in the sky. This went on for several minutes.....

Strange...

I remember one time I was observing the western sky when two lights appeared in Gemini and tracked each other over the horizon. Not
airplanes that I could tell..no running lights, no sound. And probably not satellites.

I can never be sure though.

Space shuttle and ISS?

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