It moves with the Moon when I adjust the
Probably just a weird visual anomaly. I've made several captures of it, just in case it is something fun.
Just an FYI in case someone else can spot it.
I guess the damn crater rim caught the sunlight right when I was looking at it. It showed up on my screen exactly the same way that meteor strike did in January during the eclipse. Only this time it wasn't a flash, it just stayed there.
Sounds rather satellite-ish to me, maybe even a tumbler. I've watched a few things appear to tumble along as they traverse thepakarinen wrote: ↑Sat Aug 24, 2019 1:45 pm Here's a weird one from today.
Took out my ST120 about 0230. Thought I'd try for some winter clusters as they rose even though there was 70-80% cloud cover. Since the moon was up, I figured I could at least catch a few minutes of moon time during breaks in the clouds, which I did.
About 0350, I pointed my scope at M36. I was able to see it briefly before it was obscured by cloud. After a couple of minutes I glanced back in the EP even though there was cloud in the way and a white point source, maybe mag 6-8, zoomed across the field from north to south at 0352. The line of travel was essentially straight, but the point oscillated around the line like a low amplitude, high frequency sine wave. I guess the best description is a wavy line. No background stars were visible, so I assumed it was below the cloud deck which KORD air nav said was 12,000 feet AGL or higher. No nav lights visible on the point.
So... any ideas? I've seen brighter stars shine through thin clouds, but this cloud patch had previously obscured the moon pretty well. Maybe a really bright satellite passing behind a patch of thinner cloud?
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