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Orange light in sky over Buttevant

  • 23-04-2011 9:05pm
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 247 ✭✭


    Anyone see it? . I'm living near buttevant and it just disappeared a few minutes ago. .don't say it was a chinese lantern please


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,559 ✭✭✭refusetolose


    chinese lantern id say


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,379 ✭✭✭✭namloc1980


    Chinese lantern.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 12,455 ✭✭✭✭Monty Burnz


    Textbook Chinese lantern.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 634 ✭✭✭loldog


    Anything about this light that makes you think it was something other than a fire lantern?

    .


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 70 ✭✭bridget84


    I saw a red/orange light moving across the sky at around 10pm.
    It was in the Raheen area of Limerick. I thought it was a really
    bright star at first.
    It was probably a Chinese lantern.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 12,455 ✭✭✭✭Monty Burnz


    bridget84 wrote: »
    It was probably a Chinese lantern.
    Sounds like a Chinese lantern tbh.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,087 ✭✭✭Duiske


    bridget84 wrote: »
    I saw a red/orange light moving across the sky at around 10pm.
    It was in the Raheen area of Limerick. I thought it was a really
    bright star at first.
    It was probably a Chinese lantern.

    The International Space Station was very bright tonight as it passed over Ireland. It crossed over just after 10.30, and would have been moving from west to east. It was visible for about 2 minutes.
    Should not have appeared red though. More yellow/white. The ISS is going to be very bright for the next couple of weeks, with tomorrow night being one of the brightest (9.27pm - from the west). Other nights/times here


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 634 ✭✭✭loldog


    bridget84 wrote: »
    It was probably a Chinese lantern.

    Unless you have good cause to think otherwise, like it darted around in different directions or something, then it's best to assume it was a lantern.
    Duiske wrote:
    Should not have appeared red though. More yellow/white.

    I've seen the ISS plenty of times, was never anything except bright white colour to me.

    .


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