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    This strange light was Spotted in central south Australia on the western Australian border tonight just trying to work out what this is?
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    This strange light was Spotted in central south Australia on the western Australian border tonight just trying to work out what this is?

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    2. 1996Primera on

      looks like something making an entry and maybe that cone is a the thrust wave/field?

    4. Pyrhan on

      Second stage de-orbiting or otherwise maneuvering.

      You’re seeing its rocket engine’s exhaust being lit by the sun.

    5. Shes_dead_Jim on

      Did gilmour spaces eris 2 launch? I thought they were slated for a July 27th launch date

    6. HyperRocket_ on

      Looks like a model up for display and the background is wallpaper. Looks like you’re at a museum.

    8. vXvBAKEvXv on

      Hi! Eastern USA here. We had a rocket go over us at 5 am local time ( 15 hours ago) and people were wigging out about the spaceX rocket looking like a comet. Might be a start to what it is? Maybe the same? Same different entirely?

    10. MrTagnan on

      Either starlink 17-2, or SatNet LEO group 5. If you give the exact time, it should be possible to narrow it down

    14. forevertired1982 on

      I’ve seen 6+ posts on Facebook today saying there’s an alien spacecraft that might attack earth…….

      Lmao looks like the second stage of a rocket……

      BTW I really don’t believe the Facebook posts that was 100% a joke. Disclaimer so people don’t think im a mad man.

    15. Arnumor on

      Apologies for not contributing to an answer for your question, although I think you’ve gotten some good responses by now.

      I just wanted to praise the lovely picture. That’s truly a breathtaking, colorful view of the stars.

      Those of us who live in places with lots of light pollution aren’t often treated to such fantastic views of the night sky. I’m glad to have scrolled across your post.

    17. ADearthOfAudacity on

      Wasn’t there supposed to be an Australian launch somewhere around now?

    20. isawfireanditwashot on

      vandenburg air force base in california launched a rocket today. my brother in law sent me a photo.

    22. TrumpetTiger on

      I believe that’s the Fantastic Four’s ship arriving in our dimension….

    24. 15_Redstones on

      Probably the SatNet LEO launch out of Taiyuan, which launched around sunset time in Australia. That would’ve been flying southward over Australia around 18:15 Perth time, during twilight, therefore illuminated.

      Possibly it might be the earlier Starlink launch out of Vandenberg, which launched about 5 hours earlier and whose deorbit burn might match that timing, but a deorbit over Australia would be in the wrong location to aim for a reentry over the ocean.

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    26. nlutrhk on

      What kind of camera are you using? I wouldn’t expect a phone camera to capture all those stars, but I also wouldn’t expect one to run, get a tripod with a DSLR, and fiddle with the settings for capturing a moving object.

    27. Available_Club_3139 on

      I thought that that thing was a comet, meteorite, or “shooting star”. 

    29. mtnviewguy on

      Saw a very similar post with photos on this topic, on r/space, this morning titled:

      “What did we see streaking across the sky? Myrtle beach 7/26/25 05:09”

      Could be the same thing coming around here in the eastern US.

    30. LMCv3 on

      China launched a long march 6A rocket around this time, straight South. It was carrying Satnet LEO Group 5.

      Given the timing that’s almost certainly its second stage lighting up as a space jellyfish.

    31. yourMommaKnow on

      Since it’s Australia, I’m going to assume what you’re seeing is space spiders.

    33. StopStealingMyAlias on

      My bad, was me. Forgot to turn on the invisibility.

      Thanks for reminding.