Hi,
I have read a couple of times people describing strange phenomena and satellites crashing.
Note that fom time to time in the evening twilight, a weather balloon is launched in the Singapore skies (look up around 19:00).
It goes up to very high altitude, takes measurements of pressure, humidity, temperature ...etc...
When it reaches a maximum altitude, the atmospheric pressure is so low that it explodes in a myriad of tiny shining fragments.
Instruments are usually lowered automatically with a small parachute.
Last year I took an image using an ETX125 and webcam but erased it since.
Have a look, it is interesting and a good observation project.
Cheers
Jean-Yves
Weather balloons
No idea where they are launched.
No idea about dates of launch.
They are very easy to spot : check at the zenith for a bright "star" before any other star appears. It is brighter than anything else in the twilight before the night falls.
Let's make it a challenge for this fine group of astronomers :
- First to spot the next balloon
- First to image the next balloon
Cheers
Jean-Yves
No idea about dates of launch.
They are very easy to spot : check at the zenith for a bright "star" before any other star appears. It is brighter than anything else in the twilight before the night falls.
Let's make it a challenge for this fine group of astronomers :
- First to spot the next balloon
- First to image the next balloon
Cheers
Jean-Yves
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Yup. Saw that once in sp when its around 7-7.30pm. A balloon will look very bright, and will certainly look like a quater moon(abit smaller, the shape not the size ). Usually will stay up in the sky for quite some time until it burst. Maybe ya can try looking for it on fridays 8)
Yours Sincerly,
Kong Chong Yew 8)
SP astronomers
Kong Chong Yew 8)
SP astronomers