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What was it i saw last night, early this morning ?

Asked by sandystrachan (4417points) July 28th, 2009

Early this morning ( 28th July ) i wish i had a damn telescope , between the hours of 1am and 1:45 am there were three satellites over head visible to the naked eye . The 1st came from West to South and was as bright as Jupiter , < that’s were i lost track of it then 30 seconds later following the same path another followed . This was not as bright but could still be seen with the naked eye it also vanished around the same place when my eye couldn’t follow anymore , the 3rd came a different path S/SW to S/SE at around 1:45 am it was just as bright as the last one i have no clue what they were as i don’t have a scope yet . That is something i have to invest in getting , even spaceweather.com’s satellite tracker said the day before there was to be NO fly overs for a week , how could they get it so badly wrong….

I know it wasn’t birds or helicopters / airplanes there was not a flashing light and was no sound , plus they were tooooo high and didn’t follow the path normal taken by them here . Will i ever find out what they were………….

Directs are a guesstimate as i didn’t have a compass i just know my garden looks south , and worked it from that Jupiter was in full view of the back windows .
I am in North East Scotland , i wish i had a telescope

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jrpowell's avatar

In Portland Oregon they said the ISS and Shuttle should be visible. Maybe it was that.

sandystrachan's avatar

I thought it may be the ISS and Shuttle, but don’t/ didn’t think it fly over this way .
And normally the Tracker would have the proper information . It didn’t and still doesn’t show things over my head , if it was the ISS and Shuttle what was the 3rd thing ..

jrpowell's avatar

At first I thought two were the opposing solar panels on the ISS. And the other one was the shuttle. After reading your details further I’m not sure about that.

ragingloli's avatar

consider the possibility that they were not man made satellites.

filmfann's avatar

It’s true. Alligators now are making satellites.

evelyns_pet_zebra's avatar

@filmfann LOL thanks for the chuckle!

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