nivek
As Above So Below
A few days ago my neighbor was out on his back deck and waved for me to come over to him...I approached and we talked a bit about this and that, then he brought up the subject of star gazing...He said he was out around 10 pm this past Monday and Tuesday night enjoying the cooler weather and watching the stars when he said in the West sky he saw a bright star just flicker out completely...
He said it was a brighter star and after a few minutes of looking at the skies he looked back towards the West and the star brightness went out, darkened and did not return...The next night he said the same thing happened towards the North, a brighter star as he watched it dimmed out and did not return, it flickered out...
Well last night I was outside with my dog around 11pm letting him out for the last time before going to bed, I was standing out in my backyard looking at the western stars and right in front of my view a brighter star flickered out, went off and did not return...
Where I live is in the country and do not have light pollution from the ground so the stars are bright and you can see so much of the night sky compared to the city...I have never witnessed this before, but my first thought was it could have been a meteor entering the atmosphere and burned up, but it must have been facing towards me because that object was 'hanging' in position like a star, not moving at all and that's how my neighbor described it...
Any thoughts?...
He said it was a brighter star and after a few minutes of looking at the skies he looked back towards the West and the star brightness went out, darkened and did not return...The next night he said the same thing happened towards the North, a brighter star as he watched it dimmed out and did not return, it flickered out...
Well last night I was outside with my dog around 11pm letting him out for the last time before going to bed, I was standing out in my backyard looking at the western stars and right in front of my view a brighter star flickered out, went off and did not return...
Where I live is in the country and do not have light pollution from the ground so the stars are bright and you can see so much of the night sky compared to the city...I have never witnessed this before, but my first thought was it could have been a meteor entering the atmosphere and burned up, but it must have been facing towards me because that object was 'hanging' in position like a star, not moving at all and that's how my neighbor described it...
Any thoughts?...