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Huge comet looking thing just passed over the Northshore
Posted on 10/20/22 at 7:28 pm
Posted on 10/20/22 at 7:28 pm
Couldn't tell what it was. It looked like a star but moving really slowly and had a huge, bright white tail behind it. It was flying from west to east. Any ideas what it was?
Posted on 10/20/22 at 7:29 pm to Ingeniero
That was the last white person leaving New Orleans.
Posted on 10/20/22 at 7:33 pm to Ingeniero
I’m in Madisonville and my 16 year old just saw the same thing. I told him it was aliens.
Posted on 10/20/22 at 7:34 pm to Ingeniero
Starlink satellites. Seriously
This post was edited on 10/20/22 at 7:35 pm
Posted on 10/20/22 at 7:34 pm to Ingeniero
We saw it. frickin nuts. Never seen anything like that at night.
No nav lights either. Just white lights.
No nav lights either. Just white lights.
Posted on 10/20/22 at 7:36 pm to Ingeniero
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One of the year's iconic meteor showers reaches its period of maximum activity in the next 24 hours and is best seen after about 10 p.m. local time.
Whenever the famed Halley's Comet makes a trip through the inner solar system every 75 years or so, it leaves behind clouds of dust and cosmic detritus. And each year around this time, our planet floats through some of those clouds, producing what we know as the Orionid meteor shower.
As the bits of comet crumbs collide with our atmosphere, they burn up in a fleeting instant, producing the short trains across the sky we call shooting stars. Larger or slower-moving bits can flame out as bigger, brighter fireballs.
The 2022 Orionids are set to peak Thursday evening and into the following morning. The American Meteor Society predicts that sky watchers with ideal conditions could catch between 15 and 20 meteors per hour. Sometimes the shower surprises with outbursts that triple that figure.
"The best time to see these meteors is from 1 a.m. to dawn (local time)," explains Bob Lunsford of the American Meteor Society in a blog post for AMS.
This post was edited on 10/20/22 at 7:38 pm
Posted on 10/20/22 at 7:37 pm to StringedInstruments
That's it! One of the coolest things I've seen. I thought it was a plane carrying a banner or something until I realized how bright it was. I joked with my wife that it was Santa doing a test run
Posted on 10/20/22 at 7:38 pm to StringedInstruments
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Starlink satellites. Seriously
Saw that a few weeks ago here in OK. One of the coolest things to see.
Posted on 10/20/22 at 7:38 pm to Ingeniero
I saw it last week in Georgia. Elon Musk is launching satellites like his life depends on it. Also had a sonic boom from one .
Posted on 10/20/22 at 7:38 pm to Ingeniero
Sorry, I've been edging for like three days bro!
Posted on 10/20/22 at 7:48 pm to Ingeniero
Its our lizard people overlords.
Posted on 10/20/22 at 7:49 pm to Ingeniero
It’s the Russians. War has started.
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