So in the last couple/few weeks I've seen lights in the sky I can't explain.
The first case was about three weeks ago, at night. I was sitting on my porch, just under the patio roof, and I noticed a very large, like at least as large as Venus type of object, in the northern sky, about 60 degrees from horizontal. I mean, it was literally directly in view, I just had to look up. It wasn't bright like Venus, though; yellow but not glinting, at all. Not moving, either.
And then it faded....count of almost one, faded out. Like a hand put over a flashlight. I was thinking perhaps a supernova or something, but my dad said he hadn't heard of anything. Sky was abso-clear, especially so because we'd had rain the day or two before. Dead quiet, too; no aircraft in sight or hearing.
The second incident was a couple/few nights ago, perhaps around the same time? Again I was sitting in my spot on the porch, looking north, and there were two lights above the mountains. Perhaps 45 degrees from horizontal. Again, large, yellow, not glinting - but moving!.....very slowly north...yet they faded, slowly, before they reached the point of occlusion by the mountains. No blinking lights on them, dead clear and quiet sky.
Could be worth looking into if they are satellites. Iridium satellites are pretty cool and can sometimes flash brighter than Venus. Typically they are fairly dim.
I have watched the ISS space station fly over a few times. It is pretty cool. Bright light floating across the sky and suddenly it goes out as it goes into the shadow of the earth. Where I live I usually can not see anything, too much light from the local cities.
> Could be worth looking into if they are satellites. Iridium satellites are pretty > cool and can sometimes flash brighter than Venus. Typically they are fairly dim. > > I have watched the ISS space station fly over a few times. It is pretty cool. Bright > light floating across the sky and suddenly it goes out as it goes into the shadow of > the earth. Where I live I usually can not see anything, too much light from the local > cities. > > http://www.heavens-above.com/ > http://www.satflare.com/home.asp
The first (and largest as I recall) one didn't move, so if anything it had to be a celestial body.
The next two together were too close to each each other to be satellites, and they were apparently moving at the same velocity and along the same trajectory. The light of each was brighter than I've seen on any plane that isn't moving toward me with its head light on.
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