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This is kind of weird and I feel a little bit scary by posting this here..

as Some of you may know I'm and amateur astronomer and telescope maker about

I have no idea but it sounds cool as heck. When I was about 12 I was outside one summer night, and I saw, in the sky, a large orange object breaking apart with red and orange rings and a trail coming off of it. Though it was a meteor or something breaking up in the atmosphere

It was almost static,and objects entries in our atmosphere doesn't  last 3 or 4 minutes  (That is what precisely weird )

It was approximately iin this sky section and it moves almost the distance I draw

what do you mean by decayed?

My dad was big into astronomy too, to make you feel better, I have seen a crazy light show at night once too when he dragged me outside. I tell ya, seeing something unknown and weird in the sky gets the adrenaline going! To this day I have no idea what it was, all I know is it was big, Muskegon County airport tower had radar contact, and there was another reported sighting half way across the county at the same time.
No one can give anyone any crap for seeing something unknown in the sky until they see something once themselves! Changed my perspective that's for sure.

Could this be anything to do with your sighting?

Found online, although a TV program here in the UK with that professor Brian Cox mentioned somthing about this earlier in the year...

"The earth could soon have a second sun when one of the brightest stars in the night sky explodes into a supernova.
The cosmic phenomenon, which may occur as soon as this year and remain for at least a week or two, is expected to be the most stunning light show in the planet

I'm no astronomer but I reckon an object moving that distance over a period of 3 to 4 minutes must be close to Earth, possibly a satellite in orbit. I found this which seems to be a reasonable explanation. (Note the date of the sighting - January 2010). http://cs.astronomy.com/asycs/forums/t/44641.aspx

[i][color=#0000ff]"That is actually more common than you might think in that particular area of the sky.

Moon & Venus to put on post-Christmas sky show:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45791048?

:-/

[quote]I'm no astronomer but I reckon an object moving that distance over a period of 3 to 4 minutes must be close to Earth, possibly a satellite in orbit. I found this which seems to be a reasonable explanation. (Note the date of the sighting - January 2010). http://cs.astronomy.com/asycs/forums/t/44641.aspx

[i][color=#0000ff]"That is actually more common than you might think in that particular area of the sky.

It was way above the inter atmosphere and I can tell by my humble experience

Whatever is is...

..the truth is out there!... ...!

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Paul.... 8-)...!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_X-Files

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don't you walk away  Paul , have you read something about this?

First, when it comes to things like this, never let the fear of ridicule stop you from claiming you've seen something unusual. Phenomena like this, be it natural, man-made, or "other" is neither new nor rare. I can't confirm what you saw, but from the way you describe it, it does sound like it may have been a satellite in geo-sync orbit making a position adjustment. (You may have seen it's reflection)

What ever it was/is, I think it's great that you noticed it. I wish more people would take the time to look up. I know I've seen more than my share...

Iridium Flares can be forecasted  tracked, and results of past events at:

http://www.heavens-above.com/

I have not looked as of yet....

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don't you walk away