Slow Mover

Another anomalous object in the night sky imaged with a full spectrum camera on August 11, 2021. It is very similar to this object which was imaged from the same location: • Another anomalous obje...
Also see: • Triangles over Tacoma
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[@PeterBarakanBiggestFan]

Looks to me like "Satellite flare" also known as " satellite glint", the iridium constellation was notorious for this

[@rickwest4497]

I see these all the time with my Sony A7S, it looks 100x better quality than this camera he is using. Virtually no pixelation and you see as many stars as a gen 3 night scope.

[@Toby_AM]

Satellite flares are typically much wider arc and longer in duration, with a long transition. There are phone apps to track possible satellite flares, so that would be useful for you to eliminate as a possibility, Jim.

[@SherlocckHolmez]

@@rickwest4497 I also see these flashes nightly over my lake. Completely random in their locations.

[@MakerofThingss]

This is almost exactly what I saw a few months ago. I was extremely confused because of its brightness, brevity, and short path.
I haven't been able to explain it personally, so I appreciate your input on the matter.

[@OrbitTheSun]

It appears to me to be a higher flying satellite in a polar orbit, rotating and having a specular surface. Only under certain conditions the sun is reflected in the shiny surface. Then the satellite is visible and under normal conditions it is not. The slow motion is because it is further away and slower in orbit.

[@jimlake5404]

Interesting theory. If I give you the date, time, location on Earth and the sky coordinates, perhaps you could use your resources to identify what satellite it might be. Also, I am curious how your theory explains the sudden acceleration of a a similar object as shown here: ua-cam.com/video/FhB6zlQ_IKs/v-deo.html, another of my observations.

[@OrbitTheSun]

@@jimlake5404 Unfortunately, I'm not really into the subject anymore, but with the data given, one could (with considerable effort) find out the satellite. Unfortunately, I don't know of any website that could do that for you either.

[@naddar]

Why isn't it a comet or something that burns up?

[@fraters.4430]

Gratified to see you doing this, Jim. Have you been doing this long enough to say whether there has been an uptick in this type of activity recently?

[@dalea1691]

Or an object that exploded. Maybe on purpose?

[@jaromanid1]

I have a 8inch dob that I don’t use as much as I should. Do you have any recommendations on a ir eyepiece attachments? I’d put it much more in use when hooked up to my computer

[@jimlake5404]

I do not. But I have successfully connected my DSLR to my 11" Celestron by using a $10 Nikon T ring. The problem is that most camera sensors are not well suited to gather IR light, For that you need a camera with a big sensor having the largest pixels you can get (bigger than 3 microns). IR light is lower energy than visible light. Lower energy means fewer photons per second. Fewer photons per second means longer exposure time is required. But video requires short exposures, so the only way to accomplish that is by using a sensor with big pixels because they have more area and can gather more photons in the same time. But big sensors cost more because they use more silicon. So the idea of a cheap web cam or something similar without an IR filter will not work (I've tried). That may soon change because manufacturers see the opportunity, and new IR products appear all the time. I know that ArduCAM is working on something now.

[@per2]

what place and what time exactly was this captured, should be somehow easy to check it it was satellite

[@ducksinarowpatience3670]

He does that. There aren't.