Bit of an unusual sighting this afternoon. On our way to the cabin we noticed a bright star that I first thought was Venus, but it was too high. Suddenly it got very bright, and then just as quickly faded to a dim point of light. #CabinLife #nunavut
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@NunavutBirder could have been a satellite in an elliptical polar orbit, which is often used for long-duration coverage of the respective hemisphere. Those go far enough out that they wouldn't be noticably moving, but could theoretically reflect sunlight down
@NunavutBirder Interesting... So, this was not in the atmosphere...? You feel this was in space...? I wonder if you witnessed a star going supernova... 🌌
@Chris I wondered. But assumed (and do not know) that it would last longer), but if it’s like that gif than it’s a possibility.
@NunavutBirder @Chris there'll be a huge amount of internet chatter if that's the case 🙂
@NunavutBirder Reflect Orbital hasn't launched their stupid space mirror yet...
@karl_littau wasn’t moving. And too far north for a geostationary satellite I think.
@NunavutBirder I’ve seen the flares a couple times. They don’t appear to move. They are in some kind of medium high orbit - but not geosynchronous. Some get far north.
There is a website that lists them somewhere. You can see if there was one near your location at that time.
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