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fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 9 months ago

What's that light?

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What's that light?

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    Are there 3-4 in a row? Starlink sattelites.

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      Or iridium flares

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    Mom, I need a flowchart.

    Sorry honey, we’re all out, but I think there’s a btree in the pantry.

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    So what if it is the ISS but nobody is waving? How are we supposed to know?

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      Then it’s an artificial satellite. And, tbh, isn’t the ISS just a specific, very large artificial satellite?

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    They’re missing a lot of items here like missiles, ufos, and wind mills.

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      swamp gas

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    If it’s foggy it can also be reflections from ground-based stuff

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    Where does gamma ray burst fit into this binary tree?

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      “Do you have a neutrino detector?” Yes/No

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    first time ive encountered “bolide”

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    Comets don’t move I guess

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      I think that’s fair. Comets don’t appear to move across the sky unless you’re observing for a long time…and anyone observing for that long needs a more complex diagram.

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    One important one: is it more than an hour or so after sundown, or less than an hour or so before sunup? If so, it’s not a satellite, and is probably a plane.

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    Well that settles that then.

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    I once saw a slow moving light just above me. The town I live at covered in mist at the time. Turns out it was a small aircraft flying just a few meters above my apartment building. A few meters away from disaster.

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