K... I just aimed my Yukon Ranger night vision scope out the window a few minutes ago.
I looked straight up and immediately noticed that one of the “stars” was moving directly East. So I captured 2 minutes of continuous video. In those 2 minutes I estimate that the object traveled about 15 degrees of sky.
At that rate, the object would require about 24 minutes to cross the entire 180 degrees of sky. For a satellite to be able to orbit that slowly would require it to be quite high in it’s orbit... like WAY high... close to geosynchronous orbits which are 1000s of miles high, not 100s.
Not sure if something that high is going to be visible with a little device like this. The clip itself isn’t very exciting but the implications of what it could be are. Please share your thoughts..
I never knew what went on in the sky until one evening at a friends, dude had his brother's military night vision. I nearly wet my pants. I was incredible, all that stuff I had never seen.
I purchased a night vision monocular but it was too cheap to see anything in the sky. Maybe if I ever become a whale, I can buy a good one.
Thank you for sharing, incredibly interesting and the mind can only wonder whats buzzing around in the heavens.
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hey cool @four20.. a new Yukon Ranger monocular costs about $350-400. Lotta weird lights in the sky for sure!
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This one is a little harder to figure out than the duck, bat,bird ones lol. Could be a plane of sorts I suppose...
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it's the apparent slow speed that really sets this one apart. I don't think that an aircraft could move that slowly and still remain aloft... it's movement against the starry background was hard to even notice at first.
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I wish I saw this earlier. Def not a satellite, as the clouds didn't block it. Great job.
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