Meteors in Lyra area?

[SionR25]

Hi everyone,

Last night I was observing in the Lyra region and between about 11:30 and 1:30 I saw three bright objects move across the sky in my scope. The first was as I was looking at Albireo, went right across my view and gave me a bit of a fright tbh . The second was as I was searching for M27. I had my 25mm in, it flashed across the eyepiece and I followed it, travelling North. The next I saw through my finder-scope as I was searching for M27.

Would these have been meteors, comets or satellites?

Thanks, in advance,

Sion

[Steve Ward]

Here's your answer......

[Steve Ward]

And for part 2........

[SionR25]

Thanks for that . How do you get the position of satellites in stellarium for future reference?

Thanks agan,

Sion

[Macavity]

I saw a bright "meteor" rush across M57 - Rather wish I'd kept the Video now!

(instead I muttered some vague expletive and started all over again...)

[Steve Ward]

In the Configurations box , go to Plug-Ins ,

Click on Satellites , then tick the Load at Start-Up option at the bottom.

Then go across to Main box and click on Save Settings.

You will then get a little Satellite symbol appear at the Right hand end of the bottom toolbar next to the << button.

(you may need to close and reopen to get this started.)Main visible satellites are accompanied with a track line , ISS , ENVISAT.

Have fun ,

Steve.

[SionR25]

Thanks for that

Sion