Atlas 5 sighting from SW WA??

[Bendy (Ben)]

An interesting sight 1:50am yesterday (6 feb) morning whilst star gazing with the local astronomical society - a circular 'cloud' was observed by one of the members in the vicinity of omega cent, approx apparent mag of LMC and size of carina neb. Upon closer inspection via a 10" dob, a triangle could be seen leading from the cloud with a bright dot at its apex and slightly removed from it. We observed the sight for over an hour as it slowly tracked towards Mars, dimming as it proceeded. I presume it was the atlas 5 rocket that launched around that time?? A great sight to behold.

https://www.kennedyspacecenter.com/e...gps-2f-12.aspx

[Bendy (Ben)]

Turns out others saw it too. Info and pic via the below link:

http://spaceflight101.com/tracking-data/

[Somnium (Aidan)]

that is really cool, love the Gif in the link you posted

[Zane (Zane)]

right time in the right place! That would have been great to see

[JimsShed (Jim)]

Very cool. Beats my Ganymede transit of Jupiter last night

[bigjoe (JOSEPH)]

What a sight it would have been; still thanks for the video on Vimeo -I'll be watching.

Cheers bigjoe.