Bright light sundenly vanished when telescope is trained on it.
I was out looking at the stars with my telescope. I noticed a bright yellow-orange object in the south east sky. I was very bright, maybe a magnitude of-1 or-2. I thought it might be Jupiter or Saturn? It did not appear to be moving. By the time I turned my telescope in the area and tried to center it in my finder scope, it vanished. It did not appear to look like landing lights from a plane either. The sky was totally clear at the time. Very unusual. I have been an ametuer astronomer for many years.
I was out looking at the stars with my telescope. I noticed a bright yellow-orange object in the south east sky. I was very bright, maybe a magnitude of-1 or-2. I thought it might be Jupiter or Saturn? It did not appear to be moving. By the time I turned my telescope in the area and tried to center it in my finder scope, it vanished. It did not appear to look like landing lights from a plane either. The sky was totally clear at the time. Very unusual. I have been an ametuer astronomer for many years.
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Manchester
USA
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30sec
42.98
-71.46
light
NH
Occurred : 10/24/2001 20:00 (Entered as : 10/24/01 20:00) Reported: 10/25/2001 6:02:35 AM 06:02 Posted: 11/20/2001 Location: Manchester, NH Shape: Light Duration: 30sec Characteristics: There were lights on the object
Bright light sundenly vanished when telescope is trained on it.