Researchers believe it was from the launch of a military GPS satellite that lifted off earlier on a
The images were captured on
A time-lapse video shows a white orb spreading out and forming a spiral as it moves across the sky. It then fades and disappears.
“When I opened Slack, that is what I saw and it was a jaw-dropping event for me,” Tanaka said.
He saw a similar spiral last April, also after a
The location of the spiral matched where the second stage of the
Tanaka said the observatory installed the camera to monitor the surroundings outside the
Someone watching the sky in less clear conditions, for example from
The livestream is jointly operated with the Asahi Shimbun, a major Japanese newspaper, and frequently gets hundreds of viewers. Some tune in to watch meteors streak across the sky.
The summit of
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