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ashenlight

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Hi all,

Was out having a quick look with the binos at around 20:45 tonight. Something moving quite fast caught my eye coming in from the south-east. It was like a faint star, moving in a straight line, went right over my head, at a constant speed. I looked at it through the binos and it took only a second or so for it to disappear out of view. It did not have any flashing lights, and was most definitely not a plane. Do you think this could have been a satellite? Have any of you seen one overhead, and does my description sound similar?

Thanks,

Amanda

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AndyH

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Satellites are fun to see. Sometimes you spot the movement out the corner of your eye whilst looking at something else. I usually spot them when there's a meteor shower about, and I'm lying out on the sun lounger, looking out for the zap of a perseid of suchlike. The ISS is something else. REALLY bright and moves pretty fast.

Andy

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Talitha

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Hi Amanda, you can't mistake the ISS for any other satellite, it's as bright as Jupiter. :lol: The overhead passes take about 5 minutes to go from horizon to horizon, so there's plenty of time to follow it with binoculars. Hope you get to see it some day, it's magical.

Btw, it's a good idea to synchronize your watch with the time on HA before going out (couldn't understand why I was missing everything for so long :blob8:).

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ashenlight

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Thanks for that Talitha, I hope I will see it soon too. If it's as bright as Jupiter, it must be a magical sight. I will be sure to synchronize my watch, so thankyou for that tip, I probably would have spent a long time wondering why I kept missing it just like you! Just have to wait for the clouds to go away now :)

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jgs001

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Watch out for the timings... The predictions for the ISS for my location often seem to be up to 3 minutes early, so even if you don't spot it at the predicted time, hang in there for a few minutes. Iridium flares and the other satellites are spot on though.

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red dwalf

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I was in rural France last year and you can see sats with the naked eye passing over, they were the first i`d ever seen, like a faint star moving at a quick pace accoss the sky, you would be amazed how many there are i could see 5 or 6 a night easy.

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jgs001

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Iridium satellites are a group of communication satellites. They are quite small, but have 3 very reflective panels on them. At just the right time and angle, they can flare up really brightly (mag -8) for about 20 seconds. It's key to be looking at roughly the right point. I've posted quite a few shots of flares, but here's a couple of threads with the images.

here and here

HTH

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