glowing object south east in sky

[anthony.tony]

Did anyone notice A glowing object in the sky this afternoon.south east direction from 5pmm on. tony

[anthony.tony]

http://spaceweather.com/ - A Nasa High Altitude Research Balloon - Launched from New Zealand

[StuTodd]

Got it Tony. It's just passing over Adelaide region
http://www.csbf.nasa.gov/newzealand/wanaka.htm

Stu

[anthony.tony]

we could see it naked eye bright as about 5.15 pm yesterday, https://www.facebook.com/BathurstObservatory/?fref=nf ,,,,A link here and a picv oof the Balloon.

[RKenning]

I snapped a shot in Port Lincoln yesterday at around 8 am. iPhone app-Skyview- designated it as ST16 R/B. Apparently Russian, and has been up there for a while.

[julianh72]

ST16 R/B may well have been in the sky at the time, but what you saw is much closer - and much, much brighter!

What you saw is actually a NASA balloon - more observation reports here:
http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/showthread.php?t=145779

You can read about it here:
http://www.csbf.nasa.gov/newzealand/wanaka.htm

and see the track here:
http://www.csbf.nasa.gov/map/balloon9/Google669NT.htm