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Stargazing and watching satellites in a very dark skies place, I noticed that some satellites zigzaged about, moving at right angles. I explain this by saccades
by thinkingemote 4y ago
Stargazing and watching satellites in a very dark skies place, I noticed that some satellites zigzaged about, moving at right angles. I explain this by saccades of my eyes and the brain trying to work out the pattern based on a black featureless background.
Would make sense for the brain to estimate it as "flying bug" with erratic flight than very smoothly straight flying mechanical thing.
- jcims 4y agoVery plausible explanation, but fwiw the 'zigzag' behavior you're describing is also described by people out in places where they have high end night vision goggles and nothing to do all night but stare at the sky.