Re: Identification help please

From: George Roberts (gr@gr5.org)
Date: Sun Nov 08 2009 - 23:19:56 UTC

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    Supernovas and Novas last for a few days so it's not that.  I like your meteor 
    straight on guess.  More likely a satellite.  Maybe someone else will figure it 
    out.
    
    - George Roberts
    http://gr5.org
    
    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: "Thomas Ashcraft" <ashcraft@heliotown.com>
    To: <kfetter@yahoo.com>
    Cc: <SeeSat-L@satobs.org>
    Sent: Sunday, November 08, 2009 12:24 PM
    Subject: Re: Identification help please
    
    
    > Kevin Fetter wrote:
    >> I don't see any iridium in the area, to cause the flash.
    >>
    >> I also don't get any other sat, that could cause the flash.
    >>
    >> Kevin
    >>
    >>
    >>
    > Well, that makes it interesting.  I was assuming it was an Iridium.....but, it 
    > doesn't quite have the "look" of a sat flash.  If it was not a sat then it was 
    > probably a meteor......but now I am wondering if it might have been a flash 
    > from further out in space?  Maybe it was a nova or some sort of burster but 
    > there should be news of this sort of astronomical event, if so.
    >
    > Thomas
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