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I see 4 or 5 per year, through the eyepiece, usually at low power, not surprisingly perhaps. They are very fast, much faster than satellites, no surprises there, so there is little doubt when you see one. There and gone in an instant, so well done Renato observing a split. I suspect the likelihood of seeing one isn't all that low either, given the increased magnitude "reach" of the telescope helps compensate for the restricted FOV to some degree.
Satellites are a more common occurrence though, in fact I can't remember the last observing session greater that 1 hour when I did not see at least one. Usually it's perhaps a few per hour for satellites. But my most interesting object seen in the atmosphere was a descending research balloon payload, seen over Europe during the day. Took a while to figure out what it was.
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