Cosmos 1586 was at RA 12:39 dec +56:40 at around 01:01:30 UT It will be about 1 deg right 2 min earlier today. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeff Umbarger" <jumbarger2000@yahoo.com> To: <seesat-l@satobs.org> Sent: Sunday, April 16, 2006 12:26 AM Subject: Midnite Flare in Big Dipper > Hey All, > At 6:01UT (1:01am local time - CDT, 26 minutes > from local midnite) today (April 15) I saw an > additional star in the handle of Ursa Major. Threw me > off for a bit. It was located at around +56 dec and > 12h 35m RA. It did not move but flared to as bright as > the other stars in the Big Dipper. Then it rapidly > faded. It must have been pretty far away to be seen > that late at night and that motionless. Any ideas? > Will it be back there tonite? > > Regards, > Jeff Umbarger > Plano, TX USA > Lat: -96.76807 > Lon: +33.06946 > Central Daylight Time (GMT - 5:00) > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L > archive: > http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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