white light in the sky

[blueyuk]

hello everyone just a quick question every night i see what looks like a very small faint star in the sky and it move slowly across the sky then it is folowed by a couple more all moving at difrent speeds i dont think it is a plane or any thing as cant here engines and cant see flashing light but lookes like it is orbiting the earth any one know what it is

[david o]

Might be satellites. You could use the Heaven's Above website to find out.

[blueyuk]

thanks i was thinkin it may be satalites also ther is ment to be a metior shower soon any one know where it is

[Stargazer Jack]

22nd/23th April is Lyrid meteor shower. Look around 2am because the moon would be down by then and look in the north-east direction.

[Ad Astra]

It is easy to tell meteors from satellites. Meteors typically vanish suddenly in just seconds. Satellites move much more slowly, taking 20-30 seconds to cross a typical constellation, and they are visible across a much larger arc of the sky.

Heavensabove.com is a great resource, by the way!

Dan

[stolenfeather]

Yeah,.. I agree with those above. I would also say satellites.

Isabelle

[glowjet]

You say you see it every night, is it possibly you could give direction, declination, and at what time this occurs to see if anyone else can spot it?.

[Slim]

I was out last night and at about 9.30 'ish saw a white light travelling reasonably quickly from SE to NW passing just above the moon before suddenly disappearing. If it was a meteor, its the first I have ever seen! I had stellarium open on my ipad at the time and it showed no satellite in that area.

[blueyuk]

there was a couple cam from south to north a couple se to nw and one from west to south and that one was more brighter than other then dissapered i know it isnt a metior as they are over in the blink of an eye most the time i have seen them but hope to see a few of the lyrid metiors thanks for your posts and help i thort they may be satalites but thort would ask.

[blueyuk]

sorry ment to be west to east

[Pete Presland]

so many satellites up there you wouldn't believe how many.i was imaging last night for about 2 hours must have seen one evry 5 mins some so faint only visible in bino's

[SirFoo]

you have seen a satellite. I generally see a few every night that I go out. They are always really interesting to look at.