At 18:45 12/10/00 , Nick Budd wrote: >At about 50N 15W facing east at 0425 UT yesterday (11 Oct), >I observed some form of re-entry. Appeared to be more or less >vertical so I guess in a E-W plain. Lasted about 3-4 seconds. >Brighter than a good Iridium flare so I guess about mag -10ish. >General "whiteness" and tints suggest definitely not a natural >phenomenon. >Anyone see it or have an idea what it was? Just a nice bright meteor by the duration Nick, if it was a satellite re-entry it would have been visible longer, more like 30-60 seconds. That position is West of the Southern tip of Ireland, Were you on a ship or an aeroplane? Tony Beresford ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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