Identifying satellite? rocket? Hobart 6pm 30 April 2021
Just after 6pm tonight I saw a slow moving fuzzy blob moving from north to south passing just to the west of Alpha Centauri. I think the fuzziness was due to high level atmospheric moisture. First thoughts were ISS but this is usually a west to east phenomenon and didn't seem to match ISS tracker. I did a quick search on google but nothing popped up. Any ideas? Suggestions for a good website or app to help out?
p.s. I saw 60 starlink satellites moving through the sky a couple of months ago. Awesome spectacle.
Last edited by 2StarsInScorpio; 30-04-2021 at 08:21 PM.
It might be the new Chinese space station which was just launched. It is in a highly inclined orbit (42 degrees) and the path at present takes it over Australia. It would be appearing to be tracking from the north west to the south east.
Thanks. I just checked out that site. This search shows a few candidates but none seemed to match. https://www.heavens-above.com/AllSat...d&alt=0&tz=TST
None seem bright enough...to me it looked at least magnitude 1. It was very fuzzy and so hard to get a good comparison. Also, seemed to pass fairly close to Alpha Centauri.
I'll keep researching. Amazing how much stuff is up there.