fontimus OP t1_itokjzc wrote on October 25, 2022 at 3:58 AM Reply to comment by the_fungible_man in Have you ever witnessed a star 'blip'? by fontimus I've been lucky enough to see one Iridium flare in my life. Def not what I'm describing. But it was cool as hell. Permalink Parent 2
fontimus OP t1_itokbe2 wrote on October 25, 2022 at 3:56 AM Reply to comment by Cute_Consideration38 in Have you ever witnessed a star 'blip'? by fontimus My honest opinion was an astronomical event, like a nova flash Permalink Parent 0
fontimus OP t1_itok0d8 wrote on October 25, 2022 at 3:53 AM Reply to comment by PoppersOfCorn in Have you ever witnessed a star 'blip'? by fontimus I've seen this phenomena with Jupiter and the moon before, but it doesn't describe what I've seen. Imagine you're looking at an empty point of sky on a clear night. Then a blip of light appears, just for an instant. Now it's gone. It didn't move across the sky, didn't shine or flash. It just appeared and disappeared. Permalink Parent 1
Have you ever witnessed a star 'blip'? Submitted by fontimus t3_ycuy4o on October 25, 2022 at 3:40 AM in space 12 comments 0
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I've been lucky enough to see one Iridium flare in my life. Def not what I'm describing. But it was cool as hell.