> Observing from Paignton,UK,lat.50.43N long.03.55W on evening of 21st > May,whilst looking for R Hya,at 23:28-23:30 BST(22:28-22:30 UST) I > saw an > object of approximate mag.3.0 falling rapidly to the Southern > horizon.At > about alt.30deg it reversed direction and began heading > Northwards.At about > alt.70deg az.SW it flared to at least mag.-1 and continued > Northwards. > Did anyone else see this,and what was it? I obviously didn't see it, but it couldn't have been a satellite. Satellites can't change direction in such a radical fashion, and neither can most airplanes. Are you sure that didn't get disoriented and only *imagine* that it changed directions? I've mistaken Saturn for Rigel in the past, so maybe a similar thing happened to you. ------------------------------ Jonathan T. Wojack tlj18@juno.com 39.706d N 75.683d W 4 hours behind UT (-4) ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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