Just how many satellites are up there?

Originally posted by Tybrus
Does anyone here have some tips for how to video those "satellites"?

Your best bet would be to couple an image intensifier to a video cam.... at least that's what most people who go after faint meteors use. Try googling and you should find some info on the setups people are using.

Originally posted by Comatose
I've seen three, traveling in a (fairly straight) line, all stop one after the other to form a triangle formation.

Conventional satellites don't ever stop... if they did they would literally fall out of the sky.

Originally posted by Comatose
Sadly, it's been so long since I've had the opportunity to lie beneath the open night sky.

Same here... Perseid watching/photographing last August was the last time for me... looking like the next time will be this year's Perseids!

Originally posted by C.H.U.D.

Originally posted by Comatose
I've seen three, traveling in a (fairly straight) line, all stop one after the other to form a triangle formation.

Conventional satellites don't ever stop... if they did they would literally fall out of the sky.

Yeah, that was kinda my point (which I didn't really work hard on putting across) : )

[edit on 4-4-2008 by Comatose]