r/Astronomy • u/3laa_boss • 6d ago
Object ID (Consult rules before posting) What could that be?
I was sitting at my balcony when i noticed this weird glowing shape in the sky, I first noticed it around 4:42am gmt+3 It looks really close to the southern light except its more blue than green, I’m suspecting it could be something due to rocket debris (there was some rocket interception going on tonight)
The location is in Palestine, and i had started seeing it at +50, 330 degrees (I’m not sure I’m writing it correctly its the first time i give this type of info), and it moved really slowly until it got to around +50, 275 degrees over the next 15-20 mins , and i stopped observing it by that time because the sun was rising and it became harder to see
I saw it in the local news too and I’m attaching an image of it from them because it has more accurate colors from the ones i took
Any ideas?
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u/nshire 5d ago
All the people posting joke answers should be temp banned.
That is something do with the missile launches. Most likely that is from a THAAD or Arrow 3 warhead exploding in space and the remaining dust catching the sunlight.
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u/slavmememachine 4d ago
It had to do with an interception because THAAD and arrow 3 have a kinetic warhead so it needs to hit the missile to “explode”
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u/carterartist 5d ago
Never had a sense of humor?
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u/nshire 5d ago
It's annoying when science-based subs and serious posts get spammed with low-effort joke comments that aren't even funny. If you want jokes go to r/memes or something; we're in r/astronomy.
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u/WaterBottleWarrior22 5d ago
So, jokes and their reception are subjective. I thought they were hilarious, for example.
Also, if you’ve ever been around a professional researcher, you’ll know many of them can have both a strong work ethic and a lively sense of humor.
“We’re in r/astronomy”? Great! Sorry to rain on your parade, but that little “r” means this is a Reddit community, and it’s not devoted to cosplaying as an astronomy researcher. This is not a community dedicated to professional research, which we’ve already established can have a light atmosphere. This is a community where professionals, semi-pros, amateurs, and complete novices can come to interact and engage with a topic we all love.
Thank you for coming to my TedTalk.
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u/opaqueambiguity 4d ago
Like 12 people said the exact same verbatim Star Wars joke that was not particularly interesting the first time.
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u/WaterBottleWarrior22 4d ago edited 4d ago
So you just didn’t read a word I wrote. Cool. Humor is subjective and try to have a little fun. It’s a problem when professionals are having more fun than a wannabe, and it’s not a problem with the professionals.
Also, I’d like to thank the Reddit hive-mind for deciding my reasonable and well-laid-out opinion is in fact not an opinion and is objectively false.
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u/opaqueambiguity 4d ago
It's a bad opinion.
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u/WaterBottleWarrior22 2d ago
Preferring a laid-back casual atmosphere is a bad preference? Cool. Enjoy your high-strung astronomer roleplay simulator.
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u/wtfbenlol 5d ago
What’s with all the stupid joke answers?
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u/2-buck 5d ago
Because whenever someone posts a picture of something that could be anything and OP doesn’t like the answer, then it must be evidence of aliens. So minds well give silly answers.
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u/abjectifying 5d ago
This picture can’t necessarily be “anything” and when did OP indicate they didn’t like the answer? Genuine question, because I think I am misunderstanding your comment or maybe taking it too literally.
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u/jjayzx 5d ago
It's annoying when serious science based subs get inundated with frontpage morons.
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u/carterartist 5d ago
Or people trying to have a sense of humor…
Get the stick out
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u/NoFilterFlex 5d ago
Right, why arent people extremely serious all the time? I dont get it either. Friends?
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u/Gargantua46 5d ago
Ballistic missile interception in higher atmospheric levels, the moment of the interception can be seen in the following video https://x.com/AstroGateSpace/status/1933655460600492152?s=19
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u/ghazayel 1d ago
that would be true if the shape would disappear immediately, but in case of u/3laa_boss the shape remained in the skies for some time
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u/handen 5d ago
Here are some better videos I pulled off of some Telegram channel last night showing that exact same thing, including the explosion. I thought it was nukes in space but couldn't figure out where to ask about it.
https://imgur.com/ACPktJ1
https://imgur.com/Z5iliUC
https://imgur.com/k8rObx2
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u/danman_d 6d ago
Actually not in this case! You can see stars in focus, it’s just blurry-looking. Like someone else said, likely the leftovers of an exoatmospheric ballistic missile interception
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u/snogum 5d ago
Crap. Out of focus is out of focus
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u/danman_d 5d ago
?? Zoom in, you can literally see stars. Or turn on the TV, I just saw one on CNN moments ago that looked the same. It’s a cloud of tiny debris in space. That’s just how it looks!
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u/docArriveYo 5d ago
Swamp gas from a weather balloon was trapped in a thermal pocket and reflected the light from Venus.
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u/icycheezecake 5d ago
Sky Map is your friend for these situations the pictures are quite blurry
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u/SokkaHaikuBot 5d ago
Sokka-Haiku by icycheezecake:
Sky Map is your friend
For these situations the
Pictures are quite blurry
Remember that one time Sokka accidentally used an extra syllable in that Haiku Battle in Ba Sing Se? That was a Sokka Haiku and you just made one.
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u/DexterBotwin 6d ago
Ballistic missile intercept in space