Could anyone help me to explain?
This evening I played with a Gen 3 night vision binocular. I spotted a very slow blinking light 5 hours after sunset. I made a 5 minute video, I but can't attach that here. The object was stationary for 2 minutes and then moved around quarter of a degree in 3 minutes. The frequency of the blinking didn't change (1 flash/7 sec). I wasn't able to see it with the naked eye.
As far as I know, balloons (weather or internet) doesn't have lights and the sun was way below the line where reflecting light could cause the flashes. Even if one has lights in the high altitude winds it couldn't stop and then drift again later.
What I think it was a high orbit rotating satellite (because of the blinking). If I'm right two questions remain, how was it in stationary position for a while? (I can imagine an optical illusion too). If I check the high orbiting satellites, the GPS/GLONASS systems could be that high level but those can't blink, they don't have lights and aren't rotating at all.
I played with a Gen 3-D night vision binocular. I spotted a very slow blinking object 5 hours after sunset. The object was stationary the frequency of the blinking didn't change (1 flash/7 sec) during the video. I wasn't able to see it with the naked eye. At 2 minutes I repositioned the camera a little to check if the sensor is playing with me but it wasn’t.
As far as I know, balloons (weather or internet) doesn't have lights and the sun was way below the line where reflecting light could cause the flashes on a rotating(?) balloon. Even if one has lights the high altitude winds would move it for a little.
I checked the geosynchronous satellites can be seen, but only because of the reflecting sunlight on the solar panels, otherwise they have no lights.
The other object is moving through the left side of the screen (at 1:52). According to the speed it is a low orbit satellite(s) but those aren’t traveling side by side. The Starlink is following each other in a line and never on the side.
I'd appreciate it if somebody could help to explain.