Today i saw bright white star(?) suddenly appear, then disappear in 10seconds, It didnt "shoot"?

Question

I live near NY. I am fortunate because I have a great sky veiw from my house, I can see miles of horizon,..so whenever possible, I open the curtains and take time out admire the dawn sky, sunrises, and sunsets............

Today, I was watching the dawn sky at about 5:30. The sky conditions were CLEAR, (but being near the city, there are never many stars visible.)...............

I HAD already been gazing at another star in the sky.. It was the only bright one.. and located high in the sky, but towards the south. Then after a while of watching,( 5minutes) the second bright white one appeared just near it...out of nowhere. It surpirsed me!. ...Then, It lasted about 10 seconds, or so, then disappeared again. What type of star/event was that? I am curious because i never heard of that.. and I tried searching the web, but it's a pain.

Answer 1

that was a satallite
the rays of the sun very often bounce of the solar panels of the satellite and get focussed as a circle at a particular place on earth ...therefore u can see the satellite for as long as u are within this circle......infact u may have even seen the ISS....i have

Answer 2

It might have been a satellite - you can put your location into Heavens Above and find out what was happing at the time. You say it didn't "shoot" - if that means it was completely stationary then you could have seen a "point meteor". That's a meteor which is heading towards you and doesn't appear to move across the sky. On the other hand it might have been an aircraft's landing lights.

Answer 3

it could have been just some sort of reflection, like from a plane. you might not have seen the plane but the light could have bounced off a cloud.

Answer 4

Probably a helicopter spotlight!

Answer 5

i dont think it was a star. it was probably from an airplane or something.

Answer 6

It was probably a satellite, they seem to do that...