Russian rocket re -entry

[graham.hobart]

I was playing about at twilight in Orion when I caught the re-entry of the Soyuz 2-1b rocket launched from Plesetsk cosmodrome Friday 22nd May 2020. Total accident-was aiming for something else!!
Enjoy!
Grazski from Tazski

[multiweb]

:eyepop: Nice catch. :thumbsup:

[gregbradley]

Wow, what a lucky shot. Did you see it visually as well?

Greg.

[peter_4059]

Great catch.

[graham.hobart]

Yes Greg- saw it visually, it was crazy-I thought it was a massive bolide, it was slow and low and had multiple trials and sparks, I called my Wife out to see it as it was there long enough to fetch her. It looked like a massive firework shooting off sparks and dust.
One of my colleagues at the hospital had booked a holiday to be at that launch, Covid intervened,so I sent her my pic!!:thumbsup:

[Sunfish]

Super cool.

[graham.hobart]

Thanks Ray and Marc and Greg
the line was almost horizontal about 40' above my horizon in the NW, but I cropped out some trees so tilted it.

[leon]

Wow, what a bit of luck, love it.

Leon

[FlashDrive]

In the right place at the right time ...what a stroke of luck ...:thumbsup:

[N1]

Epic!

[ozstronomer]

Great shot Graham,well done :thumbsup:

Geoff