Crazy Hobby - Another Amazing sighting !

From: joseph daniel (station969@hotmail.com)
Date: Fri Aug 24 2012 - 04:54:27 UTC

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     Last time it was a surprise double flare , this time a traveling pair
    of sats flaring at the same time , and exactly as they reached
    the brim of the bowl of the Big Dipper ! Wow , was that cool & also sheer luck .
    
    USA 229   
    USA 229 DEB
    
     Traveling one in front of the other , leading sat was brighter
    by 1 mag , even when flaring . It Flared to ~ mag +2 perhaps .
    
     Heavensabove show them as being around a 1 KM separation and I
    saw almost a full degree of separation (estimated) . HA's timing saidthey were 6 seconds apart but I think it was more like 3-4 sec's max .
    
    August 24 03:41 UTC
    43.1702°, -79.2600°
    Altitude 103 M
    
    Heavensabove.com pass details below
    http://tinyurl.com/8kdakcm
    http://tinyurl.com/9jphge5
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USA-229
    cheers
    gc
    
     		 	   		  
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