Bright stationary light in Northern sky.
About 10:30 PM I was sitting on my deck observing Venus in the Western sky. With peripheral vision light from the north caught my right eye’s attention. I immediately turned to the north and observed a bright object almost due north and about halfway up in the sky. Being an amateur astronomer I knew there was no star at that location. The magnitude of the light was similar to Venus and about half the size. It remained stationary. I observed it for about 5-10 seconds then it faded out. It had a very star like appearance. As far as I could tell the object did not move.
((NUFORC Note: We have amended the date above to June 11, 2007. No Iridium satellite "flares" were visible in this area for the evening of June 11, 2007. Please see here for details:
http://www.heavens-above.com/iridium.asp?Dur=2&Date=39243.7416302662&lat=41.876&lng=-86.550&loc=New+Troy&alt=193&tz=ESTPD
PD))
About 10:30 PM I was sitting on my deck observing Venus in the Western sky. With peripheral vision light from the north caught my right eye’s attention. I immediately turned to the north and observed a bright object almost due north and about halfway up in the sky. Being an amateur astronomer I knew there was no star at that location. The magnitude of the light was similar to Venus and about half the size. It remained stationary. I observed it for about 5-10 seconds then it faded out. It had a very star like appearance. As far as I could tell the object did not move.
((NUFORC Note: We have amended the date above to June 11, 2007. No Iridium satellite "flares" were visible in this area for the evening of June 11, 2007. Please see here for details:
http://www.heavens-above.com/iridium.asp?Dur=2&Date=39243.7416302662&lat=41.876&lng=-86.550&loc=New+Troy&alt=193&tz=ESTPD
PD))
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New Troy
USA
5-10 seconds
5-10 seconds
light
MI
Occurred : 6/11/2007 22:30 (Entered as : 06/12/07 22:30) Reported: 6/12/2007 5:43:52 AM 05:43 Posted: 6/12/2007 Location: New Troy, MI Shape: Light Duration: 5-10 seconds
Bright stationary light in Northern sky.