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[Shaun_Slade]

About 2030 I saw a lit S shape about 5 degrees across, very bright with a  halo. North of my position in Farnham. Travelling from West to East, about the same altitude as Polaris. The S and Halo gre larger and fainter as it passed into the east, fading from view.

An out of control deorbiting starlink or failed launch? Did anyone else see it?

By the time I had found my phone for a picture it was too faint to pick up.

[astr.max]

I am not in the area, but I know many people who saw it. Likely an old rocket body re-entering and burning up quite dramatically.

[happylimpet]

About 2030 I saw a lit S shape about 5 degrees across, very bright with a  halo. North of my position in Farnham. Travelling from West to East, about the same altitude as Polaris. The S and Halo gre larger and fainter as it passed into the east, fading from view.

An out of control deorbiting starlink or failed launch? Did anyone else see it?

By the time I had found my phone for a picture it was too faint to pick up.

Ive got a most-sky camera on my roof in Southampton, facing north, and at 2038 theres a single very bright frame (it only does about 1 frame/min, and its fogged up too!).

 

I wonder if that was it?!

[SnosRap75]

Hey,  I seen this I think this evening. Please see the images. They are not great but you can clearly see the swirl of something spinning. I am in Manchester and it seemed to be travelling west to east so long as my phone compass was calibrated correctly... It was moving very slowly, clearly not a plane, no flashing light and bright but behind cloud. Be great to get confirmation of exactly what it was....

 

Image link in Google photos

 

https://photos.app.g...r5YLyi8SE4G5WP6

 

https://www.dailymai...tsapp_share-top

Edited by SnosRap75, 24 March 2025 - 07:11 PM.

[R Botero]

I got it earlier at just 20:01 moving NW to SE over south east London.  Four frames in my allsky cam timelapse show it.  Night was quite misty so not a great capture but I wasn't even home!

 

 

 

 

 

Roberto

[Shaun_Slade]

Apparently a spaceX launch.

https://www.bbc.co.u...igin=bbcweather

Edited by Shaun_Slade, 25 March 2025 - 07:19 AM.

[123tallpaul]

Here's what I saw from central UK last night (sqm 21.57). I've been telling my niece it was aliens 

 

 

 

[Dave Mitsky]

https://phys.org/new...ning-swirl.html

[osbourne one-nil]

Here's a good video of it. Good luck with that one Blurxterminator. 

[Photon Chaser]

I caught it on my obsy meteor cam and created a timelapse:

 

https://youtu.be/R-IluV_LcqY

Edited by Photon Chaser, 26 March 2025 - 09:44 AM.

[R Botero]

I caught it on my obsy meteor cam and created a timelapse:

 

https://youtu.be/R-IluV_LcqY

Excellent!