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    I Very bright geo satellite in my night sky?

    Absolutely. Second best explanation to aliens. After all, the Russian name I was born with (Eleonora Strelnikova) translates to Eleanor Arroway and the brightest star I see out of my windows facing east is Vega ;-) Don't think this is getting anywhere and since there is apparently no way to...
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    I Very bright geo satellite in my night sky?

    English is not my native language, just one of several that I speak. If I'm not mistaken, he is saying the exact same thing I said previously myself. So what was his point of making that comment? Since October 2023 I've been seeing an object in the sky that appears as a star or a planet at...
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    I Very bright geo satellite in my night sky?

    Totally grateful for all explanations except the one from glappkaeft. Every time I saw this object was about 10p.m. in Southern Germany, and I learned much later that Jupiter cannot be seen UNTIL the early hours in the morning (meaning before sunrise doesn't contradict my statement). And I'm...
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    I Very bright geo satellite in my night sky?

    I understand your scepticism (or anyone else's), but Jupiter can't currently be seen in Southern Germany before early hours in the morning. Whatever it was/is, it wasn't flickering like a star, but looked like a planet with its brightness closest to Jupiter. Then it started changing its...
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    I Very bright geo satellite in my night sky?

    @avicenna - I think your previous thought was absolutely right, and it is indeed a geostationary satellite. I was wondering since October 2023 who it belonged to. And it is indeed unusually bright, so that one can easily confuse it with Jupiter or even Venus. Well, I'm just happy somebody else...
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