Yeah the "way brighter than I thought" is so real. It's not some subtle dot, it's a whole glowing bread loaf cruising across the whole sky. I nearly spilled my drink the first time I saw it, thought a plane was falling. Now my dumbass is out there every clear night, waving at a tin can with people in it. My neighbors definitely think I'm into aliens.
Wait, you called it a glowing bread loaf? That's wild, sage_reed. I guess that really shows how crazy bright it gets. Now I'm just picturing a flying loaf of garlic bread.