Marcus Clark (marcus_j_clark@hotmail.com) wrote: > 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. Perhaps a possible explanation of this observation could be a crossing (or "conjunction") of southbound Cosmos 2369 Rk (26070, 00-006B) with northbound Terra (25994, 99-068A), which later flared. From the illustration on its Web site, it looks like Terra would be a very good candidate for flaring. Cosmos 2369 Rk should have been around +3.5 more or less, and it and Terra came within three or four degrees of each other at about 22:30 UTC. Does "R Hya" mean R Hydra (which was low in the south at the time)? Ed Cannon - ecannon@mail.utexas.edu - Austin, Texas, USA ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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