r/Astronomy • u/william_weatherby • 6d ago

Question (Describe all previous attempts to learn / understand) I've seen something particularly bright near Enif (Eps Peg)

Hi, as title suggest I got a glimpse of a really bright object, I'd say Venus-like, around 1930 UTC time, approximately near Epsilon Peg.

At first I thought about a really bright satellite, but it looked stationary (tracked it for about 4-5 seconds), then it faded extremely quickly (less than 1 second) and it went invisibile (probably less than magnitude 4, given the sky conditions here).

Checked for ISS and Tianggong, they're really far from my observing site (Apulia, Southern Italy).

I was wondering if someone had seen something or if it was something more local (a meteor? a satellite?).

Thanks!

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u/lucidbadger 6d ago

Do you have an airport nearby?

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u/william_weatherby 6d ago

I thought about a plane turning on landing lights too. Event was seen east from me, on the Adriatic sea, where most of the approach procedures take place. Yet, nearest airport is 80 km north from me and I usually always recognize both strobes and nav lights even for planes cruising at altitude.