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Originally Posted by nytecam  I'm surprised the sats weren't listed in heavens-above.com - did you check the time standard eg BST or GMT=UT [heavens-above usually corrects for BST etc] and the time and your location [nearesr town] are quite critical.
The colouring seems unusual but dust from the Russian volcano in Pacific ring has been giving unusual coloured skies and reddish moon when at low altitude throughout northern hemisphere including UK ..so maybe....
BTW - satellites always move west to east in a slightly arc across the sky [not dead straight] as the earth rotates below. Polar sats move north/south or visa versa. |
Hi Nytecam, Thanks for the suggestions... you know I have realised that my location was about 7 miles out... didn't think this could be significant. Also I assumed that when you entered your location in Heavens above you also enter your timezone, so will this not be accounted for with the predictions?
Incidentally, your last paragraph indicates you aren't entirely convinced that these were indeed satellites? While I can't definitely vouch for an 'arc' I feel that, as I am always looking up and watching satellites / planes alike I am pretty confident this is indeed what they were!
Maybe My bearings were mixed up regarding the east / west directions! Actually, they definately were - they were coming from the same part of the sky as the twilight from the sun
How stupid!
BTW I wondered if the second sighting could have been something similar to the NOSS trio, but being lucky enough to see these on one occasion in the past they were much closer together, and actually pretty faint (not to mention there were three too) so I ruled this out as a possibility.
Olly.