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I was out in my back yard around 5:30 this morning and saw a very bizarre sight in the sky... Turns out it was 60 SpaceX Satellites flying over..
See the video in this link
https://www.space.com/see-spacex-sta...night-sky.html
I had no clue what it was at the time.....They were slightly more spread out than the video... I wonder if they will pass again tomorrow?
You made that up---they are too far away and too small for you to see ----just kidding, the resident space expert will be along soon to pontificate :pimpgrin:
Actually, that had to be quiet a sight :clap:
Dave you can belabor this if you choose, however it is a scientific fact that there is no way the human eye could see the structure of the ISS along with it's solar shields. It is a fantasy. The most you would see is the moonlight reflecting off of the ISS while it is traveling north of 17000 miles per hour 250 miles overhead. Phillbo could clearly see the light off of the Space X units but I can tell you he could not see Space X written on them.:shrug:Quote:
Originally Posted by Dave Grubb
I think one of them was a Tesla :)
I could not distinguished any features. Just objects in the sky.... Really cool to see though. Kind of surreal at first until I realized they had to be satellites since there was no sound of jet engines associated with them. Especially since I was out back to investigate what woke me up from a sound sleep....
You're very lucky Arizona is a great place to see stuff like that there's all kinds military and odd stuff like that all the time. do you ever get up to Sedona there's some places up there you can look at the sky and feel like you can touch the Milky Way. It's just beautifulQuote:
Originally Posted by Phillbo
The night sky in Az isn't what it was. I'm a native of the verde valley a few miles from Sedona. The glow of Phx is prominent in the night sky there. Up here its still amazing.
I hate Sedona....
If you want to see the stars go about 60 miles up Lake Powell. The sky is so bright at night it's almost overwhelming.
Sadly, there are a lot of people that never get to see that sky :shrug:Quote:
Originally Posted by Phillbo
In the spring time we would beach the boat in a slot canyon to hide from the wind. With such a small section of the sky visible you could actually see the rotation of the earth. We would watch it for hours.
Lake Powell is a special place. I have not been there in decades though and only experienced a small bit of it. Flying over it gives a better perspective on its size. How is the water level now?
Most places around here are obstructed to some degree either by trees or hills. Utah was good out in the desert but the most striking is on the tundra where it is flat---and no vegetation over a few inches in height. You can see the horizon in a full 360 degree view with zero light pollution and when it is cold there is no visible atmosphere to contend with. It brings an entirely new dimension to the milky way. The old adage of we don't know what we don't know comes to mind! I count myself lucky for having spent time in such a vibrant and rich "waste land".
And to your question Joe: it is looking better.
I woke up while sleeping on my motorcycle to one of those skies while out west in the seventies, it actually scared me for a moment, I never did get back to sleep.Quote:
Originally Posted by Phillbo
Grand Canyon is a designated Night Sky. It was fantastic in the winter time.Quote:
Originally Posted by Phillbo
In 1994 after being a Volunteer Campground Host for the state parks I got to travel around the state. I was camping at Tangle Lakes by Paxton in mid-September and had a small campfire, it was 20 deg. I wanted to take several night time photos and setting on the picnic table I noticed lights off in the direction of what I thought was Fairbanks. After a little while I figured out Fairbanks was in a different direction and what I was watching was the northern lights. They where white to light blue, looked like the glow you get from city light in the distance.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dave Grubb