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Anonymous Coward User ID: 27120400 United States 11/10/2012 06:37 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I was just standing outside star gazing. Looking at orion and a bright star just above it. Then a bright star to the south west of orion caught my attention. Was getting very bright then slowly faded and poof now its gone and right after that a shooting star went across the sky. Very nice to see. Anyone know what star would have been southwest of orion and extremely bright and disappear? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 25674222 one thing it could have been was a "iridium flare"....caused by sunlight reflecting off a Motorola Iridium satellite....used for sat phone communication .....look them up and read about them here: www.heavensabove.com it has a place where you put in your zipcode and it will tell you all the neat things you can see in the sky over your location....I use it to see when the ISS is overhead, if you have never seen the space station fly over, you are in for a treat |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 27120400 United States 11/10/2012 06:39 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I was just standing outside star gazing. Looking at orion and a bright star just above it. Then a bright star to the south west of orion caught my attention. Was getting very bright then slowly faded and poof now its gone and right after that a shooting star went across the sky. Very nice to see. Anyone know what star would have been southwest of orion and extremely bright and disappear? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 25674222 one thing it could have been was a "iridium flare"....caused by sunlight reflecting off a Motorola Iridium satellite....used for sat phone communication .....look them up and read about them here: www.heavensabove.com it has a place where you put in your zipcode and it will tell you all the neat things you can see in the sky over your location....I use it to see when the ISS is overhead, if you have never seen the space station fly over, you are in for a treat here is the link [link to www.heavens-above.com] enjoy |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 27440895 United States 11/10/2012 06:49 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I was just standing outside star gazing. Looking at orion and a bright star just above it. Then a bright star to the south west of orion caught my attention. Was getting very bright then slowly faded and poof now its gone and right after that a shooting star went across the sky. Very nice to see. Anyone know what star would have been southwest of orion and extremely bright and disappear? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 25674222 We have seen it also and along with your bolded, it moved slightly! |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 27440895 United States 11/10/2012 07:11 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Yes it did move slightly. I noticed it getting slowly brighter and slightly moving then it was the brightest star around then just started fading away and got very dim and was gone. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1295460 My husband and I have been watching it for a couple of years, and that spurred us to buy a telescope. I do not know what it is. I like the link the other poster provided, it may provide some answers. |