I need help identifying an accidental observation I made during our daily walk this morning. At 14:37:05 +- 5 sec UT (09:37:05 CDT) 17 August 2003, I happened to look up at the moon and saw a bright, brief flash very near but slightly west of ("below") the southern ("left-hand") cusp. Unfortunately, since the event was very brief and completely unexpected, I'm not sure if the flash was slightly north of the cusp, and so over the night-side lunar disk, or to the south and thus not over the moon. The color was the pure white of an Iridium flare, but the duration was much shorter than the flares I've seen -- definitly more in the "blink" or "flash" category. At the time, we were walking west on Plantation Drive, 10-15 meters east of Evergreen Court in Harlingen, Texas. Delorme Street Atlas 8.0 gives that as 26.210 N 97.675 W. If someone could do a check and see if a satellite might have been the cause of the flash, I'd appreciate it. ----------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from SeeSat-L, send a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@satobs.org List archived at http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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