Strange lights travelling through the plough last night

[Cosmic Geoff]

Iridium flares occur on a daily basis. To see then you have to make the effort to be looking in the right direction at the right time. Last night I observed two: mag -4.4 and -7.6. Soon these will be no more as the Iridium satellites are taken out of service.

At least every few observing nights I see something move rapidly through the FOV of my telescope. Not too surprising as the scopes can detect to at least 10th magnitude and there is a lot of stuff up there.