APJ Video Brief (#05) - Luminous UAP over Tokyo
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- Опубліковано 24 сер 2024
- In the early morning hours during a recent astro-imaging session, I witnessed over 30 distant moving luminous objects in the direction of Tokyo. I watched them for more than a half hour and captured some video footage, shown here. Since I have no explanation for what they might be, let`s call them Unidentified Anomalous Phenomenon (UAP).
00:15 Kawawafuji Viewing Site Location
00:39. Zoom Preview of the UAP
01:19. Direction and Altitude Estimation
02:17. UAP Video at 4x to 5x Actual Speed
04:39. Meteor (Shooting Star)
04:51. Vector Map of UAP Trajectories
06:36. Contact Information for JPASTROGUY
Further Analysis of the UAP showing they were STARLINK satellites: • APJ Video Brief (#06)-...
You have to be aware of the third dimension. These can be very fast moving parts with the largest part of the velocity vector pointing either away from you or in your direction and therefore appearing much slower than they are. The trajectory of point light sources in the night can be fairly deceiving due to the lack of 3rd dimension in our visual perception.
Absolutely. I agree. But if they are misaligned in multiple directions, then you are arguing in my favor.....they cannot be StarLink satellites?. It seems like the most logical answer are the StarLink satellites, but not all the puzzle pieces fit together adequately to explain the observation. Unless we had two or three different Starlink trains, each slightly misaligned, on completely different orbital paths all converging together and intersecting over Tokyo at exactly the same time and exactly the right time to become barely illuminated by the early early morning sun. All these coincidences do not make sense statistically. Wouldn't`t you agree? I cannot wrap my head around that.
These UAP's are satellites, mainly Starlink satellites from Spacex. I find a lot of these traces in most of my Astrophotos. Clear Skys!
And you can see Starling satellites 3 hours before sunrise? I don't believe that is possible. Is it? Starlink satellites are low earth orbit and fully in the earth's shadow at that time (3:30 a.m.). What light are they reflecting? There was no sun or moon. And they remained only visible in one confined area. Sorry, but I am not convinced. But I appreciate your comments and watching Astrophotography Japan! Clear skies!
2 days ago I had them on my photos at around 4 AM in the morning, about 4 hours before sunrise here in Germany. Best regards Harald Bolten.
@@haraldbolten Hi Harald, did it look like that? Were they zig zag in pattern and did it last for nearly 1 hour? I thought Starlink were chains?
The traces on the photos looked exactly like in your video. The photos were taken to the East, about 15-55 Degree elevation coverage.
The Starlink satellites are only in a row shortley after release from the second stage. Afterwards they go into different orbits with their propulsion system.
About 3 hours before sunrise, I also saw satellite traces in the photos, but these were in general much brighter. I noticed, that at the time of the satellite traces, Jupiter was very bright in the eastern sky. Could it be one source of illumination? If you provide me with an Email adress, I can send you one of the 1600 photos I took throughout the night (20 seconds each).
Sorry, it was Venus, not Jupiter !
Sadly this is most probably the Starlink satelites. It is sad to see them ruining the night sky. And it is even getting worse in the future as the final ammount for Starlink alone is around 12000 satelites and there are competitors going for similar systems. In the future there will be hundreds of satelites visible at the same moment flying over us.
Yes, you are right. I concluded that in the follow-up video. I never saw them before that night and not since either. It was an unusual night/morning of remarkably clear air. Thanks for watching Astrophotography Japan!
:) Nice video again, but I do not know what to say about the observation?
Yea, that is the problem. I am investigating the Starlink possibility as suggested by the other comments, but so far it does not add up. If nothing adds up, it is a UAP as far as I am concerned. Still searching for answers.
It's starting to add up - I suspect StarLink. Still working on the documentation.
Thank you Paul! StarLink is often discussed but pictures of those may look different. But there is a lot out there if you google on such observations. Let me know once you know the answer.@@jpastroguy