r/askastronomy • u/just4PAD • 2d ago

What did I see? What might resemble a "drunk" satellite?

I was stargazing for maybe 20 minutes andnI saw 2 or 3 objects that resembled satellites, and were going at about the same speed, but were wobbling slightly instead of going perfectly straight. They also appeared to be speeding up and slowing down slightly. They had no blinking lights and appeared to stay the same size. I saw plenty of planes and satellites which were behaving normally during this time as well.

What could those have been?

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u/shadowmib 1d ago

Probably birds but could be a drone or something like that. But those usually have lights like aircraft just smaller Birds they're really high up in the sky. Can still catch the sun rays after it's already dark on the ground and their feathers are actually fairly reflected so they can show up as bright lights in the sky

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u/just4PAD 1d ago

How long after sunset? This was something like an hour or an hour and a half after sunset