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Posted on 12/10/20 at 5:48 pm to chicano12
Noticed that was behind the ISS. Looked like a meteor? star? comet?
Posted on 12/10/20 at 5:48 pm to cbdman
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Noticed that was behind the ISS. Looked like a meteor? star? comet?
Aliens.
Posted on 12/10/20 at 5:48 pm to 200MPHCOBRA
What speed is it traveling?
Made it from Kennah-brah to Chalmette in under 2 minutes.
Made it from Kennah-brah to Chalmette in under 2 minutes.
Posted on 12/10/20 at 5:48 pm to white perch
It does not blink. Brightest thing in the sky hauling arse.
By brightest I meant as it passed over not all the time.
By brightest I meant as it passed over not all the time.
This post was edited on 12/10/20 at 5:49 pm
Posted on 12/10/20 at 5:49 pm to VanRIch
Thanks for the reminder.
I caught her up in Clinton in my front yard coming almost due NW traveling fast to the SE and in my view for about 8 minutes until I lost her behind trees in my neighbor's backyard. She's really moving.
Thanks again.
I caught her up in Clinton in my front yard coming almost due NW traveling fast to the SE and in my view for about 8 minutes until I lost her behind trees in my neighbor's backyard. She's really moving.
Thanks again.
Posted on 12/10/20 at 5:49 pm to fightin tigers
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What speed is it traveling?
Way too easy.
Posted on 12/10/20 at 5:49 pm to madamsquirrel
Thanks! Saw it as I was coming outside and just happened to look up. That was my first time seeing it.
Posted on 12/10/20 at 5:50 pm to fightin tigers
17500mph
Posted on 12/10/20 at 5:50 pm to bayouvette
Damn. Imagine the mpg they are getting.
Posted on 12/10/20 at 5:50 pm to VanRIch
you can get a good look at a T-bone by sticking your head up a butcher's arse... No, wait. It's gotta be your bull.
Posted on 12/10/20 at 5:50 pm to VanRIch
Just before it dipped behind the trees it was over Cuba. I live with woods all around. I’ll bet someone on the coast could see it well into South America.
Posted on 12/10/20 at 6:04 pm to VanRIch
ISeentIt.jpg
Posted on 12/10/20 at 6:05 pm to VanRIch
That was a good one.
Posted on 12/10/20 at 6:40 pm to VanRIch
Posted on 12/10/20 at 6:45 pm to VanRIch
I seen tit
Posted on 12/10/20 at 7:09 pm to VanRIch
Download the Stellarium app or look for their website. It shows you all the satellites that are visible each night. Right now Elon Musk's starlink sats are visible every night right after sunset. The boy must have spotted 20 of them the other night.
Posted on 12/10/20 at 7:27 pm to VanRIch
To get an idea of how insanely fast the ISS is moving consider this.
17500 mph is about 35 times faster than a commercial jet airplane going about 500 mph.
The 35x faster movement is the same relative difference as a human walking slowly at 2 miles per hour versus a vehicle traveling at 70 mph on an interstate highway.
The ISS is moving at almost 5 miles a second. If it would hypothetically be flying at a few thousand feet altitude, it would practically be a blur to someone trying to spot it overhead.
17500 mph is about 35 times faster than a commercial jet airplane going about 500 mph.
The 35x faster movement is the same relative difference as a human walking slowly at 2 miles per hour versus a vehicle traveling at 70 mph on an interstate highway.
The ISS is moving at almost 5 miles a second. If it would hypothetically be flying at a few thousand feet altitude, it would practically be a blur to someone trying to spot it overhead.
Posted on 12/10/20 at 7:55 pm to NorthEndZone
So I'm assuming we rarely get a good view of it passing by?
Posted on 12/10/20 at 8:10 pm to Marciano1
It is visible several times a year for.about 1 minute to almost 6 minutes. Since it is over 200 miles away even when directly overhead only the sunlight reflecting off of it is seen. It is moving so quickly that telescopes and binoculars cannot track it either.
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