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Old 31st Jan 2017, 09:44
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compressor stall
 
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Wiggy - Location S37.8E144.9 (Melbourne CBD, Myer Music Bowl)
First one noticed at 17 01 27 1057UTC (there may have been more prior)
Object appeared in the north, directly below Orion. Each about almost as bright as Betelgeuse and satellite like in appearance (i.e. just a moving star)

Just plotted it on iPad app.
All appeared at about 35° altitude and tracked directly down to about 18° altitude. Azimuth about 010°

None visible at the same time, the next one appeared about 30 seconds after the previous one had faded out. They were moving so slowly that it was hard to tell at first if they were moving. It probably took about one minute from appearing to disappearing.

I was in the middle of a crowd at an outdoor concert so more accurate observations were not possible. My wife saw them as well, independently of me and remarked about them, unprompted.

Yes - was thinking that they were the new ones waiting in line to be boosted up. I can't find any data on them in Heavens-above or similar.

Last edited by compressor stall; 31st Jan 2017 at 10:10.
compressor stall is online now