cameraniac Loc: Huntingburg, Indiana

Did anyone else see that whatever it was that was burning yellow and streaking across the sky at around 11:30 PM eastern time? Much closer and a different color than your average asteroid.

traveler90712 Loc: Lake Worth, Fl.

And you didn't have a camera or cam in your hand.....

cameraniac Loc: Huntingburg, Indiana

:oops:

Profss35 Loc: Superior, WI

On Central Florida TV the other night we were told to look East about 9:32 pm or 11:32 pm and we could see the space station and the new satellite carrying supplies to the space station going by. They hadn't connected up yet.
Not sure now what day it was but that could be what you saw with the sun light shinning on it.

Bruce with a Canon Loc: Islip

The ISS moves across the sky at a good clip, marvelous sight. no blinking lights like an aircraft, silent.
I have seen oit from the Upstate NY Cabin, low to the horizon just around dusk. quite the experience

TdogKing

We sit in our yard and watch lots and lots of Satellites all the time, how does one know which is the the ISS?

cameraniac Loc: Huntingburg, Indiana

What I saw, wizzed by last night. Looked a lot like an asteroid only it was bigger, brighter, yellow and moved a little slower. Also, it had a tail, like someting burning up. My first thought was that maybe it was a missile.

stonecherub Loc: Tucson, AZ

A space rock of sufficiently large size will hit the upper atmosphere fast enough to actually burn (make light and smoke). It usually burns completely and nothing hits the ground (except, eventually, the dust). The smoke trail persists and gets blown around into weird shapes before it dissipates.

Next Sunday morning, the Earth will pass through the "tail" of Haley's comet and we will have the "Orionid" meteor shower best visible in the moonless hours before dawn. If you're in or near a city (even an astronomy-friendly city like Tucson) you will only see the brightest few.

Check out a NASA site called "spaceweather," I get regular e-mails. An aurora junkie can go there and overdose.

Steve M Loc: Chester, NS, Canada

When the ISS crosses Nova Scotia, there is no mistaking it. It is bright as Venus and moving very quickly. Depending on the track, ISS will cross the entire sky in a few minutes. It is travelling over 17,000 miles per hour. There are a couple of tracking programs that can tell you where and when. The path is not the same all of the time. Sometimes high in the sky, sometimes low in the sky. Google the tracking program

Steve

TdogKing

Thanks for the infomation, I'll be sure to check it out.

liebgard

Asteroid 2012 TC4, which is roughly the size of a house, passed very close to Earth on Friday. The asteroid, if it had hit Earth, could have caused significant issues, however, scientists said in advance of the close shave that there was no risk of it hitting our planet.

But that was Friday.

Steve M Loc: Chester, NS, Canada

For anyone interested, Here is a website that shows exactly where the ISS is at any time

http://iss.astroviewer.net/

Steve

ngc1514 Loc: Atlanta, Ga., Lancaster, Oh. and Stuart, Fl.

The Draconid meteor shower peaked on 10/7 and you probably saw one the later ones.

cameraniac Loc: Huntingburg, Indiana

Thanks for all of the replies. Lots of interesting stuff here.

No info on what I saw last night though? Whatever it was, crossed the visible sky and was still burning strong as it disappeared over the horizon. I was standing outside, facing north. The object appeared from the NW and was traveling SE.

Thanks again. cameraniac

Lyn Buchanan Loc: Alamogordo, New Mexico

Speaking of space junk: We are presently in the process of gathering all the parts of the "Delta Clipper" (DCX-A), which was the first single-stage surface-to-orbit-and land safely back to earth rocket design (20 years ago). It was the first predecessor to the space shuttle. We are collecting the parts from all around the nation, as when it was discontinued, the engineers and other people who designed, built and worked on it all started taking souvenirs. We are rebuilding it and will have it on display at the Museum of Space History in Alamogordo, NM. As a part of the process, we have been removing the parts which were damaged, and plan to put them on E-Bay or sell them to interested people in order to raise money for building the facility which will house it. We will be putting a list of all these items, as well as a history of the DCX and other information onto the website of the Space Museum's web site. Keep watching the site if you are interested in owning a piece of the US Space Program. I think that this announcement on UHH is the first announcement to be made so far, so you heard it first, right here.