Comment by VoijaRisa on 30/07/2018 at 00:50 UTC*

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View submission: What was that thing in the sky? (Official Thread)

• *Line of several moving stars/satellites**

• Starlink Satellites[1] * As the starlink satellites spread out, it is quite common that as one passes into Earth's shadow and disappears, another will appear in the same position as the previous one. This gives the effect of the same object appearing and disappearing over and over.

• *Rocket Launches**

1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starlink_(satellite_constellation)

• Look[2] like[3] this[4].

• *Image/Plate Solver**

2: https://www.reddit.com/r/Astronomy/comments/1dzdpyu/what_is_this_thing_seen_at_lithuania_gmt_3/

3: https://www.reddit.com/r/Astronomy/comments/1dvl1ju/any_idea_what_this_is/

4: https://www.reddit.com/r/Astronomy/comments/1du9y5s/what_was_this_object/

• Nova Astronomy Plate Solver[5] - Upload an image here and it will try to identify what's in the image.

• *Tonight's Sky**

5: https://nova.astrometry.net/upload

• Stellarium[6] - Free planetarium program
• TheSkyLive.com[7] - Online planetarium program
• InTheSky.org[8] - Online planetarium program
• SkyNews.ca[9] - Weekly roundup
• Sky and Telescope[10] - Weekly roundup
• EarthSky.org[11] - Weekly roundup

• *Satellite Tracker**

6: https://stellarium.org/

7: https://theskylive.com/

8: https://in-the-sky.org/skymap.php

9: https://www.skynews.ca/this-weeks-sky/

10: https://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/sky-at-a-glance/

11: http://earthsky.org/tonight

• SpaceWeather.com[12]
• HeavensAbove.com[13]

• *Annual Meteor Showers**

12: http://spaceweather.com/flybys/

13: https://www.heavens-above.com/main.aspx

• American Meteor Society[14]

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