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An aside: I’m pretty sure I saw the death of a satellite in full visual glory, three nights ago. Was watching for meteors, and a large bright blue streak came i
by madaxe_again 7y ago
An aside: I’m pretty sure I saw the death of a satellite in full visual glory, three nights ago. Was watching for meteors, and a large bright blue streak came in heading due south, looking slow and shallow, and left a smoke trail visible through binoculars. Same plane as I see a lot of polar orbits on from here. I’ve searched to see if I could find anything known that was deorbiting then, but couldn’t. The fireball would have started somewhere over Spain (was looking south from France), probably ended in South Atlantic. I thought I’d mention it here, as if anybody has a clue, it’ll be you lot.
- emmelaich 7y agoHere in Australia you can be a long way from light pollution. On a dark (new moon) night, I've almost always been able to spot "shooting stars" aka meteors within less than 20 minutes if I lie on my back and look at the sky. The smoke is interesting though!
- beefok 7y agoMeteors can produce smoke trails and I have seen them create them! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbpiOWs6zPU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbpiOWs6zPU (note: not my video, just one I googled)
- Thrymr 7y agoThree nights ago was near the peak of the Perseids meteor shower, too.