Hi all.. need some help identifying objects

[BuzZz777]

And i thought this should be the right place to find out

Ok ive filmed some objects with a camcorder and am unsure if they are satellites or not.

First up is this bright intense light i filmed traveling across the sky. ive seen a good

dozen of these things passing over/ over the months.. some stay bright and travel off into

the distance and some just fade away shortly after spotting them. ive seen some with bino's

and they shrink to a tiny spec like that of a star and continue traveling along..

Heres 2 vids of the last 2 ive seen.. ive filmed others.. one lasting for up to 4 minutes.

http://s89.photobucket.com/albums/k205/BuzZz777/?action=view&current=WhiteLightDivX.flv

http://s89.photobucket.com/albums/k205/BuzZz777/?action=view&current=WhiteLight2DivX.flv

Heres another object i filmed in daylight. i was facing north and the object was slowly moving

to the east.. filmed around 3pm.. i checked with starry night and it shows jupiter and venus

are low on the horizon.. this thing was straight up.. so i thought it could be the ISS. again unsure

http://s89.photobucket.com/albums/k205/BuzZz777/?action=view&current=WhiteBlob.flv

Ok.. thanks..

[Milamber]

Hmm, the fade in fade out ones are likely Iridium flares, the others just satellites I suspect. Got a bit nervy on the bright one?

Arthur

[BuzZz777]

Nervy.. how you mean.. scared that i might just about to be zapped by unkown light thats

just camera shake.. its not easy zooming in and keepy steady.. even with steadyshot switched on.

and being at 25x zoom

Yeah i read up on iridium flares and thought it could just be that.. it says they typically last for 10-20 seconds

so that would explain the fade in fade out ones.. but not the ones that stay bright. but you still reckon satellites.

do they usually get that bright and stay bright for that amount of time.. i have another one i flimed where one

travels past and falls below some trees in the distance. not sure if i should be seeing a satellite do that..

anyway thanks.... what about the other thing.. the white blob

[BuzZz777]

I was a bit nervy when 4 of these passed over http://s89.photobucket.com/albums/k205/BuzZz777/?action=view&current=GlowBallVid2.flv

[The Warthog]

You can often see an Iridium satellite after the flare, and follow it all the way across the sky. They are always moving either north or south. The white blob seems to answer to some type of weather balloon type of phenom. Too slow for an aircraft.

[proflight2000]

The glowball one to me is without doubt either a slow moving aircraft or a helicopter, the colours are navigation lights and they normally will show on a picture as red white ect.

[BuzZz777]

You can often see an Iridium satellite after the flare, and follow it all the way across the sky. They are always moving either north or south. The white blob seems to answer to some type of weather balloon type of phenom. Too slow for an aircraft.

What i dont get is the flare bit.. when they say flare does it mean it will shine rays of light spiking

outwards. i looked at pictures of iridium flares and they all show the same kinda light. ie bright light

with long rays spiking off of it.. i dont get that with what im seeing. its just a bright intense spot

of light with no rays showing. i havent seen it flare like in the pictures ive seen of iridium satellites.

i also see them going in all directions.. not just north/south.. i see 3 on one night first one traveled

west to east.. second north to south.. third south to north..

thanks for helping.....

did anyone get that object that shot down past the moon saturday night?

i got something but not very good.. it appears when the counter gets to around 4 and and streaks

down along the shaded part of the moon illumitaing as it passes.

http://s89.photobucket.com/albums/k205/BuzZz777/?action=view&current=MoonB.flv

[BuzZz777]

The glowball one to me is without doubt either a slow moving aircraft or a helicopter, the colours are navigation lights and they normally will show on a picture as red white ect.

You probably mean a out of focus light.. i wasnt out of focus.. i see it with my eyes. it was more orangey

than it came out on film. and it was traveling quite low and silently.. ive seen many planes and helicopters flying over and ive never seen any look like that.. even when out of focus..

Heres some still pics of it..

first one is with original colour

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k205/BuzZz777/GlowBall.jpg

and the same pic with diferent colour settings

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k205/BuzZz777/GlowBall2.jpg

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k205/BuzZz777/GlowBall3.jpg

[Kenny_10_Bellys]

What i dont get is the flare bit.. when they say flare does it mean it will shine rays of light spiking

outwards. i looked at pictures of iridium flares and they all show the same kinda light. ie bright light

with long rays spiking off of it.. i dont get that with what im seeing. its just a bright intense spot

of light with no rays showing. i havent seen it flare like in the pictures ive seen of iridium satellites.

What they mean is that the light from the satellite flares up, in that it gets much brighter than usual due to the solar panels reflecting the suns rays at just the right angle at certain times. This is why they are almost invisible to the naked eye most of the time, then 'flare up' for a short time to several magnitudes brighter than usual.

If you're looking for actual lens flare, diffractions spikes and the like, that is due entirely to the equipment the photograph was taken with and isn't what you'd see with the naked eye. They just get bright for a short time and then fade back to obscurity.