I think i saw a star exploding it was orange and after about 3 minutes it faded away?

Question

Is this a star exploding

Answer 1

It would take more than a few minutes for an exploding star to fade away.  A week, maybe.  It would look like a bright white dot, too, and every telescope on earth would be aimed at it by now.

Answer 2

no...

if a star exploded and it was close enough to see with the naked eye it would be a giant event.

for one, it would be incredibly bright. it would light up a section of the sky for a brief moment. and debris would be blown out away from the star, so you would see it swell into something dozens of times bigger than the star. and that object would remain for days at the least. historically they have lasted for months.

Answer 3

I doubt it was an exploding star.  You may have seen a meteor that was coming in in your general direction.  This would appear to be a stationary object when, in fact, it was traveling very fast and burning up in the atmosphere.

Answer 4

id say it wasa spaceship charging up 4 light speed then took off and dissapeared instantly

Answer 5

It appears what you saw was sunlight glinting off a satellite or some other object in Earth orbit, or a very bright meteor also known as a fireball or bolide. Even if a star exploded as a nova or supernova, it would remain bright for days or weeks in the sky before it finally fades out of view of the unaided eye. Novae and supernovae do not fade away in a matter of minutes, but a satellite or a fireball certainly do.

Answer 6

>Is this a star exploding

No, it is not. I don't know what it is, but you don't just see stars explode randomly in the sky all the time and besides what you're describing wouldn't be what an actual exploding star would look like. Anything in the sky that you can see changing over a relatively short period of time is probably artificial, so this object was probably an airplane, or a balloon, or a satellite. Not an exploding star, though.

Answer 7

no, it wouldn't be a star exploding.  since all stars, except our own sun, are light years away, it would be visible for years.  

It could have been a meteor, a bit of space debris, that has entered the atmosphere.  

Or it could have been a firework, or the aliens are coming to take you away.

Answer 8

Most likely a meteor.

Answer 9

U had a good dream! probably affter a heavy meal in the afternoon

Answer 10

if it was yesterday then u saw fireworks.if today it was an eclipse i think.

Answer 11

No, you likely saw an iridium flash -- that matches your description. It's a visual you can get when sunlight reflects off of the panels of manmade satellites around earth. It isn't very common, and so can seem weird if you have indeed seen it.

Answer 12

maybe it was space debrey from the sky lab . they do jettison their waste. that's a bit long for a fireworks explosion isn't it?

Answer 13

No, There is no way we could see it with our bare eye or proper scopes, Best guess star that burning orange the clouds cloaked it

Answer 14

Congratulations! Did you eat some strange mushrooms before this sighting? Forgive me, but there is no logical explanation for what you claim to have seen. Live long and s***w around and stuff...

Answer 15

cool i want to see

Answer 16

Form your Quest,

            

It gives the impression that you are very much optimistic to those breathtaking sightseeing.

            Who knows you might have seen a very different observable fact of the cosmic world which was never been investigated up to that day.

             Obviously it isn't a supernova because our recent technology could find it whenever it does and there isn't any buzz going around of such exploding star.  Neither it is shooting star but



                     "It Might be oversize UFO that unwrap its afterburner which might have seen like orange color and faded away as it moves far in the deep space with a speed of light."

Any way you may be the luckiest person in this entire world to have such outstanding cosmic coincidence.

Answer 17

Stars take many many years to explode/super nova. It could not have been a star.

Sorry.

It could have been the destruction of the Death Star only now becoming visible since it was long ago and far far away.

Truthfully, it might have been the ISS low in the sky. Since it was low in the sky it would appear orange and as it orbited around Earth it would stop reflecting its light on you and appear to dim. Just a guess though.

Answer 18

it sounds like it! That is awesome!

Answer 19

No.  There have been no supernovae (exploding stars) in our galaxy in the last 400 years, and certainly not tonight.  Any other supernova - like the ones we see in other galaxies - are far too faint to see without a good-sized telescope.  Besides, it takes them weeks to get bright and years to fade away completely.

There are several things you could have seen, but the most likely was probably a iridium flash - sunlight reflecting off the solar panels of a communications array.  It happens a few times a night, but isn't seen by many people so most people have never heard of it.  It starts out dim, gets very bright quickly (brighter than any star in the sky) and then slowly fades.

Answer 20

I dont think so.. stars are light years away and from what I have heard you wouldn't see it all at once.. it would happen over a period of time.

Answer 21

I think someone is still setting off fireworks in your area.

Answer 22

i doubt you saw a star exploding. if it was a real star exploding, it would be all over the news. it isn't often that we get to witness a star's explosion and i can gaurentee you i would of heard of it. it could have been anynumber of things.