{"id":3310,"date":"2025-06-25T12:12:02","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T12:12:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sternwarte-zweibruecken.de\/?p=3310"},"modified":"2025-06-25T16:16:25","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T16:16:25","slug":"trail-of-light-in-the-night-sky-over-zweibruecken","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sternwarte-zweibruecken.de\/en\/archive\/3310","title":{"rendered":"Trace of light in the night sky over Zweibr\u00fccken"},"content":{"rendered":"

Following the crash of two Starlink satellites, one of which could be seen over parts of Germany, the suspected release of fuel from a rocket stage and another crash of parts of a SpaceX rocket, both of which were also observed over parts of Germany, there seems to be a noticeable increase in sightings of satellites and rocket stages burning up recently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The following four recordings are from the Allsky camera<\/a> of a member of the observatory in Sch\u00f6nenberg-K\u00fcbelberg. They show a trail of light moving from the south (top left) via the west (bottom left) to the north-northwest (bottom). The bright, cloud-like tail surrounding them is striking. Clouds can also be seen at the top right, moving away from the tracer. The total duration of the flyover was about three minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Below is a slowed-down animation over several exposure cycles. Noticeable is a brighter satellite that can be seen shortly before the actual event on almost the same apparent orbit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The following animation suggests that it could be a rocket stage with possibly escaping fuel. It was created with a Allsky camera<\/a> of the observatory, which is a member of the Allsky network<\/a> is. On the left, the movement of the tracer cloud from top to bottom can be faintly seen. The clouds in the atmosphere, on the other hand, move from left to right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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