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quantumclaustrophobe say: Welll... I'm doubting it - they're very high up - 23,000 miles - which means they'd need to be *very* bright to see them. Did they appear to move? If so - then they weren't geo-stationary satellites - they may simply be regular satellites.
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CarolOklaNola say: Very possible, because you ar located close enough to the equator, and geostationary satellites have orbits that are 35,576 kilometers (22,326 miles) sunlight can be reflecting off them at night. bu t not ALL of them You need to know the constellations very well to be able to distinguish the satellites from the stars of the constellations, which ARE moving relative to the satellites and you. Some the geostationary satellites HAVE to in Earth's shadow at least part of the night. if it was moving quickly, that either another satellite or the ISS. The ISS is the third brightest thing in Earth's skies after the Sun and Moon since February, 2009.
Yes, I know that Thailand is NORTH of the equator, N OT south of the equator.
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poornakumar b say: Possible. It means your eye sight is extraordinarily sharp.
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Nyx say: Highly unlikely. By their very nature, geostationaries don't move. So unless you know exactly where one is, and are familiar with the pattern of stars that surround the satellite, you wouldn't know what you are looking at. Plus these things are some 38,600 kilometers (24,000) miles out in space, so would be quite dim.
Photographically, capturing a geostationary is somewhat easy, with the right equipment.
http://www.eanet.com/kodama/astro/2011/0...
On the other hand, you could be easily seeing something like the space station, or any one of hundreds of other lower orbiting satellites.
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