Just saw mayak?

[Mr niall]

Not sure but possibly just saw mayak... came from wsw to e passed a couple of degrees under Altair at about 23.08. Of course it may not have been but was without doubt the brightest satellite I've ever seen, Chinese lantern bright. Can anyone corroborate?

[steppenwolf]

There was an ISS pass at about that time, visible from your location - I suspect it was that?

[Dave In Vermont]

You can download Previsat - a free satellite-tracking software-program - and check it's location. And it's location as well as predicted passes overhead of your location, for any time(s) you wish.

Have a link:

https://sourceforge.net/projects/previsat/

To identify which satellite listed in Previsat is Mayak, you'll need the NORAD assigned tracking-number here - as was posted in an article from UniverseToday - and it's current section in Previsat:

2017-042F

Here's a pdf. of the aforementioned article:

New Satellite ‘Mayak’ Might Light Up the Sky.pdf

It's listed in the 'tle-new.txt' section of Previsat - if the article is correct in the NORAD tracking-number it provided. But I've not known them to goof this sort of thing up!

"Turn Off That Light!"

Dave

 

 

 

[Pete Presland]

I have also been following this, heavens above are giving pass times/courses, but asking for observations to be reported. The magnitude was reported that it was going to be -10 perhaps! 

[Mr niall]

Thanks everyone, just checked it was def just the ISS, but I've never seen it anything like as bright as that before! Got all excited for nothing (although an ISS pass is still very cool!)

 

[Pete Presland]

Always nice to get excited about our hobby, especially when witnessing something potentially new. I still love seeing the ISS making its way silently over.

I think most of Mayak's passes are very earl in the morning.

[Mick J]

Looks like a bright ISS pass tonight 25th at 23:49,  quite clear here atm.

[Galen Gilmore]

I saw it too, at first I thought the vogons had finally come to build their galactic overpass! 

I checked skyguide as it came over and saw that it was an astonishing -3.2!