Got up early today to catch a bit of the Orionid meteor shower. Had a killer view of Orion and it was very clear, but spotted only two shooting stars in about 20 min (one was bright green). But OMG are there a lot of satellites. They're most visible right after sunset or right before dawn and it was a bit distracting watching all the traffic. If you've not spent any time stargazing at these times lately, you might be surprised at how busy it's gotten up there.
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Yeah, we were talking about this over the summer. Every year, when it's warm, we spend a lot of time in the garden way after sunset, drinking, listening to music. It used to be that seeing a satellite was rare enough for a sense of "Ooh, look at that!" but it was staggering this year just to see an endless progression of them, with barely any stretches when there weren't some satellites passing overhead on some track.
@briankrebs can't wait for that particular lightshow when the Kessler Syndrome finally happens.
@briankrebs meet @sundogplanets, This is her special topic and she is utterly magnificent.
@briankrebs Brian watching the "meteor shower"