Orbital Objects Visible from Kerbin?

[Pope_Gregory_IX]

Hi All,

I'm using stock KSP apart from FAR and am currently playing with SSTO planes. I was gaining some altitude when i noticed a small white dot in the sky, to the top right of Kerbol (about 1 o'clock):

The dot was rapidly flicking on and off and sometimes appeared as two dots as shown above (clicky for higher res). The image below shows that the dot is in approximately the right location for my space centre:

As mentioned above, I only have FAR, but thought that stock KSP did not show space stations (don't you need the distant objects mod?). Is this a rendering glitch, or does stock KSP show orbital objects from within the atmosphere? My space station is at about 150k. I was unable to click on this spot to set it as target and no label was shown. I'm running 64 bit KSP. Just interested, really...

Cheers,

Adam

[bigyihsuan]

Did you check for any planets or moons in that direction?

It might have been Minmus or something similar.

[Tex_NL]

Even during day time Minmus is visible from the planet surface. And just like your mysterious dot Minmus is on a slight, 6 degree, inclination. So it could very well have been Minmus.

Next time when you see something like this try zooming out in map mode.

Edit: Ninja'd

Now that I think of it. In your second image a second station icon is visible. Do you have a station in Minmus orbit? Yes? Then there's your answer!

Edited September 2, 2014 by Tex_NL

[Pope_Gregory_IX]

Hi,

Yes - in the second image you can see an "adrift" SS. That's actually a station around Minmus which is also in that direction. Having said that, there's still the strange flickering and I'm not getting the little sphere that you can hover over that you normally get with planets and moons (muns?).

Cheers,

Adam

- - - Updated - - -

Just got Tex_NL's reply too. Looks like it was probably Minmus, then

Thanks for the replies!

[lajoswinkler]

It's Minmus.

Use Distant Object mod for more of such needed realism.

[eataTREE]

Are the other planets visible in Kerbin's sky, or just the Mun and Minmus?

[cantab]

I've heard rumours of Duna and Ike being spotted, but no confirmation.

[montyben101]

I can't be the station orbiting minmus since KSP dosent render vessels over 2.5 km

[draeath]

In stock. There's mods that increase that.

[Rithsom]

I've heard rumours of Duna and Ike being spotted, but no confirmation.

I can see Eve from Kerbin's surface if it's close enough, but not Duna.

[Thomas988]

My guess is that it's Minmus. Period.