Midnight Sky what are these ?
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Midnight Sky what are these ?
my first thought was Starlink Satellites but I looked on Heavens Above
and No Starlink in that part of sky listed -
3hours of earlier TL video no action like this -
I have not seen something like this with this camera -
If it is starlink this V3 cam is recording maybe Magnitude 5 ish -
this recorded Williams AZ 340% North Apr 28/29
used WyZe V3 cam for this TimeLapse Video ( TL )
this was last night April 28/29 -
real time on video is 1.5 hours -
Cropped top 60% of frame to make data file smaller -
this is Slowest TL speed the V3 records in - 24Fpm
https://youtu.be/DxYeob_6hHQ
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Re: Midnight Sky what are these ?
Not a aircraft as no extra lighting but quite high up.
I suspect it is likely a satellite that is rotating.
Whenever I do see this it is traveling about South to North/ NorthWest
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Re: Midnight Sky what are these ?
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Re: Midnight Sky what are these ?
at first I thought it was satellites especially after seeing 4 nights in a row -
one night I counted 106 streaks in 1.5 hour TL - one night 96 -
I can look at 1 minutes video files cam records -
quality is real bad but many more streaks visible on these videos -
have seen some last 4 to 6 seconds - -some 10 ish seconds
most 3 ish seconds some just flash -
some are much brighter with bright flash
the Origin point moving to north has me surprised -
these are visible same time each night 1.45 hour total -
11.45pm to 1.30am - number of streaks increase /drops off quickly - minutes
at the moment my guess is this meteor stream -
maybe part of Lyrid ?
I have not seen meteor stream before - things ive read sound pretty close -
these look alot like Roman Candle firework is best I can discribe
there is some streaks the come from random area around main origin point
tried to see by eye one night did not see any - cam was able to record them -
last 2 nights unable to video this area - will try tonight -
If these are still visible over the next few nights ???
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Re: Midnight Sky what are these ?
origin point has moved more north -
seems to be Less activity now -
I still thinking this is meteor stream but I have little knowledge on this subject -
this was cool to record - Wyze V3 cam works amazing well in dark -
have recorded satellites flying over in Mag 4 range -
maybe capable of dimmer -
meteors show up easily -
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Re: Midnight Sky what are these ?
saw around 30 streaks -
origin point has moved more north and seems to be
starting a little later each night
this is video of Starlink 24 and 25 flyover last night -
end of video is a meteor -Jay
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GysqvFAo9aw
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Re: Midnight Sky what are these ?
Your Roman candle description of meteor shower tracks is pretty accurate. The apparent point of origin on the sky is called the radiant.
I'm also thinking maybe I should order a Wyse from AMZ and stick it out on my deck to see what it can see. But of course it would then become a cloud cam.
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