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for those who know about such things who may well be around. I just saw a >bright dot cross about 10 degrees of sky at about 60 degrees of elevation. It >did that in less than 5 seconds. That seems too slow and discrete to be a >meteorite and too fast to be an orbiting satellite. So must have been an >aircraft? With a very bright light.
Is my logic correct?
In message <8790831000.abefbb03@uninhabited.net>, Roger Hayter <roger@hayter.org> writes
for those who know about such things who may well be around. I just saw a
bright dot cross about 10 degrees of sky at about 60 degrees of elevation. It
did that in less than 5 seconds. That seems too slow and discrete to be a
meteorite and too fast to be an orbiting satellite. So must have been an
aircraft? With a very bright light.
Is my logic correct?
The space shuttle is pretty quick.
https://spotthestation.nasa.gov/
Last night.
Mon May 12, 2:01 AM <1 min 11° 10° above WSW 11° above WSW> Mon May 12, 11:36
PM 6 min 39° 10° above WSW 15° above ESE
Elevation angle doesn't square with your figures though,
If it is a satellite, it's a low earth orbit and may vanish into the
earth's shadow , They do about 1 deg in 15 seconds
Fast jet maybe,
Brian
On 13 May 2025 at 08:33:15 BST, "brian" <nospam@b-howie.co.uk> wrote:I thought they had retired those, presumably you meant station.
In message <8790831000.abefbb03@uninhabited.net>, Roger Hayter
<roger@hayter.org> writes
for those who know about such things who may well be around. I just saw a >>> bright dot cross about 10 degrees of sky at about 60 degrees of elevation. It
did that in less than 5 seconds. That seems too slow and discrete to be a >>> meteorite and too fast to be an orbiting satellite. So must have been an >>> aircraft? With a very bright light.
Is my logic correct?
The space shuttle is pretty quick.
You did.
https://spotthestation.nasa.gov/
Last night.
Mon May 12, 2:01 AM <1 min 11° 10° above WSW 11° above WSW> Mon May 12, 11:36
PM 6 min 39° 10° above WSW 15° above ESE
Elevation angle doesn't square with your figures though,
If it is a satellite, it's a low earth orbit and may vanish into the
earth's shadow , They do about 1 deg in 15 seconds
Fast jet maybe,
Brian
Thanks. That's helpful, you're probably right.
On 13/05/2025 09:53, Roger Hayter wrote:
On 13 May 2025 at 08:33:15 BST, "brian" <nospam@b-howie.co.uk> wrote:
In message <8790831000.abefbb03@uninhabited.net>, Roger Hayter
<roger@hayter.org> writes
for those who know about such things who may well be around. I just saw a >>>> bright dot cross about 10 degrees of sky at about 60 degrees of elevation. It
did that in less than 5 seconds. That seems too slow and discrete to be a >>>> meteorite and too fast to be an orbiting satellite. So must have been an >>>> aircraft? With a very bright light.
Is my logic correct?
I thought they had retired those, presumably you meant station.The space shuttle is pretty quick.
You did.
https://spotthestation.nasa.gov/
Last night.
Mon May 12, 2:01 AM <1 min 11° 10° above WSW 11° above WSW> Mon May 12, 11:36
PM 6 min 39° 10° above WSW 15° above ESE
Elevation angle doesn't square with your figures though,
If it is a satellite, it's a low earth orbit and may vanish into the
earth's shadow , They do about 1 deg in 15 seconds
Fast jet maybe,
https://globe.adsbexchange.com and several other sites would help you ID that.
Brian
Thanks. That's helpful, you're probably right.
I was hoping for a better view of Kosmos 482 but it decided to re-enter elsewhere.