Under Night Skies~

[snow]

Ever sit out side late@ night away from city lights? Its fun during meteor showers we've had this fall but has anyone noticed the small blinking lights that are way up that travel damn fast with no sound? they seem closer than satilites and actually have a beacon unlike a satilite,always wondered what they were,big brother maybe?You guyz from minot might know?Airforce maybe?

 

[SDMF]

has anyone noticed the small blinking lights that are way up that travel damn fast with no sound?

That's reflections off of Busch Lights being consumed @ Ft. KDM.

 

[H82bogey]

Airplanes traveling at 36,000 feet and 500mph.

 

[johnr]

Uranus?

 

[tikkalover]

He said looking UP not down. I've always thought about buying a telescope but never have. When camping at Fort Stevenson usually sit and look at the stars once in a while , have you ever looked through a pair of binoculars at the night sky you see a lot more stars then with the naked eye.

 

[Bed Wetter]

Weather balloons?

 

[Kurtr]

satelites

 

[svnmag]

Satellites look like a small moving star except for the International Space Station. It looks like a very large moving star. Blinking lights are jets as said before

 

[Radar13]

Here is the schedule for the International space station to fly over Bismarck.

http://iss.astroviewer.net/observation.php?lon=-100.78373920000001&lat=46.8083268&name=Bismarck

The time is right on also so don't be late

 

[deleted member]

Either satellites... some are pretty visible... or a jet doing 500+ mph.

 

[Lostlunker]

He said looking UP not down. I've always thought about buying a telescope but never have. When camping at Fort Stevenson usually sit and look at the stars once in a while , have you ever looked through a pair of binoculars at the night sky you see a lot more stars then with the naked eye.

You would be amazed at what you can actually see with binoculars if you know where to look. I consider myself an amateur astronomer and own a couple different telescopes but a lot of times I just take out my binoculars. With an average pair of binoculars and good conditions you can see craters on the moon, star clusters, and I've even seen the Andromeda Galaxy and a couple of Jupiter's moons while out camping . You should get a telescope especially if you have any little ones. You can find a nice telescope for around $300. I would guess snow probably spotted a military aircraft based on the fact it was blinking. Here is a shot of the moon from my 8" Dobsonian telescope and my buddies dslr camera we took a few weeks back.




Here is a video I took with a cheap webcam I modded to work with the same telescope.

 

[deleted member]

There was a night a few years back where you could see jupiter (which isnt unusual of course) & like 5-7 of its moons with binoculars. Was Purdy neat.

 

[Vollmer]

Ancient Aliens

 

[svnmag]

I gave "Lostlunker" good rep. This is what "rep" is all all about IMHO.

 

[5575]

It's been a fun northern light season as well for me.

 

[johnr]

That was a real treat