A transit of something

[RichardJ]

Hi,

I was oserving the sun this morning in white light with my Vixen 80mm refractor from my home in Carlingford. At about 10.19 (daylight saving time) I saw a transit of a circular black object which matched the size approximately of one of the single sunspots in comparison. It moved in a straight line very quicky across the solar disk. Did anyone else observe this? Not a distant plane. Probably a satellite but circular in shape??

I've been observing the Sun for many years and this is the first time I've seen anything like this. It took me aback. Pity I was not imaging the sun at the time.

regards,

RichardJ

[cometcatcher]

Runaway helium party balloon?

[bojan]

Genuine UFO ;)

[RichardJ]

Thanks guys. :) Could well have been a balloon (no tether seen), but still very odd. It really was one of those "what the ....." moments.

regards,

RichardJ

[cometcatcher]

Richard, the weather stations also launch weather balloons 4 times a day, or at least they do here. Depending on wind they can travel quite some distance and are also fairly large. I think they can reach 80,000 feet or more in altitude.

When viewed from below the foil reflector payload may not be visible.

[Kunama]

No satellite transit scheduled for viewing sites in Carlingford today.

[Kunama]

But check tomorrow at 17h12m08.90s for an unknown satellite transiting the Sun

[mozzie]

wow never seen anything like...how cool...