Strange onject in sky in Sydney Australia today

I saw a strange object in the western sky earlier today (Sydney Australia),
very low on the horizon at about 5pm local time. It looked like very short
orange-reddish con trail (twin trails) that ended in a ball that looked like
an explosion (but I don't think it was). It changed slowly over the course
of 10- 15 mins that I saw it, but didn't seem move in relation to the sky
sphere (ie it was stationary in the sky but was setting at about the same
pace as the moon would set, which doesn't seem to suggest it was an
atmospheric object). I don't think it was a comet or otherwise I think I
would have heard/read about it! Did anyone else see it?

Darrell

"DJ" wrote in
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I saw a strange object in the western sky earlier today (Sydney
Australia), very low on the horizon at about 5pm local time. It looked
like very short orange-reddish con trail (twin trails) that ended in a
ball that looked like an explosion (but I don't think it was). It
changed slowly over the course of 10- 15 mins that I saw it, but
didn't seem move in relation to the sky sphere (ie it was stationary
in the sky but was setting at about the same pace as the moon would
set, which doesn't seem to suggest it was an atmospheric object). I
don't think it was a comet or otherwise I think I would have
heard/read about it! Did anyone else see it?

Darrell




It's hard not to think that it was in fact a remnant jet contrail that had
deveoped and contorted over time. The sun is only a few minutes from
setting and I have noted that jets trails are orange in colour in the west
at sunset due to preferntial red filtering of light in the atmosphere
at this time. The "celestial motion" may be due to a high altitude slowly
wind carrying it along.

Martin

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"DJ" wrote in
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I saw a strange object in the western sky earlier today (Sydney
Australia), very low on the horizon at about 5pm local time. It looked
like very short orange-reddish con trail (twin trails) that ended in a
ball that looked like an explosion (but I don't think it was). It
changed slowly over the course of 10- 15 mins that I saw it, but
didn't seem move in relation to the sky sphere (ie it was stationary
in the sky but was setting at about the same pace as the moon would
set, which doesn't seem to suggest it was an atmospheric object). I
don't think it was a comet or otherwise I think I would have
heard/read about it! Did anyone else see it?

Darrell




It's hard not to think that it was in fact a remnant jet contrail that had
deveoped and contorted over time. The sun is only a few minutes from
setting and I have noted that jets trails are orange in colour in the west
at sunset due to preferntial red filtering of light in the atmosphere
at this time. The "celestial motion" may be due to a high altitude slowly
wind carrying it along.

Martin

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