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Image 1 — Unusual point-like object visible through clouds — any ideas?
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Unusual point-like object visible through clouds — any ideas?

Noticed this object in the sky on 12th August 2026 at 23:13 CET in Gothenburg, Sweden.

First it looked like several points of strong light, almost like beams from giant spotlights against clouds. Then there was only one main point of light.

Not small enough to be a star, not big enough to be a cloud formation. No noctilucent clouds visible in the sky either.

It was visible for about 20 minutes.

Some clouds came between my view and the point/s of light, which obscured it a little. But some clouds that went by would obscure the stars but not the point/s of light.

Tried my best to identify using ChatGPT and searching on Google, but couldn't find anything that looks like this.

The photos show several different views at various times (first at 23:13 and last at 23:35). Attached images of positioning relative to stars. (The point/s were essentially at zenith, close to Vega and Deneb).

Can anyone identify this?

u/maximiliandeurloo — 2 days ago