Satellite just after deployment?
Taken by Bob Hawkey on May 23, 2014 @ Near Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
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Out watching for meteors on the 23-24 and saw a satellite go over accompanied by a hazy trail. Looking at it through binoculars I saw several darker objects trailing behind in the haze. Seems logical this was a Japenese satellite just after launch. The satellite itself had been boosted just outside the (fuel?) cloud and away from the booster debris. Canon XSi pointed near Polaris, 30 sec exposure, 1600 ISO.
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Hello;

There also seems to have been a debris trail from the comet that was observed by some of us. I was in N. CA and we saw it at about 0734 UT. Assuming it was a satellite you saw, we could not have seen the same satellite since satellites are rather localized events. Perhaps you have a photo of the debris trail.
Don Machholz, Colfax, CA
Posted by Cometdon 2014-05-25 12:07:16
I know my account of the event is that as I was waiting for the first meteor I notice a faint line that spanned across the entire sky. This line became brighter and then I noticed an orbiting object directly above me in the middle of the line. This line/band of light extend beyond the orbiting object. I located my camera and took a photo which showed this. Then the middle directly above me faced away first. The ends of the line roughly 40 deg above the horizon stayed longer and became wider. That photo I took as well which matches yours (mine posted as well). It would be nice to find out if it was the debris/dust trail left behind by the comet or something else.

Gary Simmonds, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Posted by Phoenix-mb 2014-05-26 06:35:54
 
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