There are a few other reports and some analysis in the following links: http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=32946.345 http://www.reddit.com/r/Astronomy/comments/1ne46k/saw_this_tonight_in_reunion_island_what_is_it/ http://wikkit.tumblr.com/post/62684205892/tracking-a-new-space-ufo The general consensus seems to be that it is related to the attempt to restart the second stage of the latest Falcon 9 launch. Additionally, 20 objects from the launch were cataloged, far higher than expected. I too would like to know if the Falcon 9 second stage is the culprit, as I don't have anywhere close to the expertise to perform an analysis. Regards, Thane Somers On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 12:56 AM, Chris Peat <chris.peat@dlr.de> wrote: > Hi all, > > This is an interesting observation report. Any ideas? Some kind of > out-gasing? > > > > Chris Peat > > > > > > From: Serge Florens [mailto:albireo@intnet.mu] > Sent: 29 September 2013 21:19 > To: Chris.Peat@heavens-above.com > Cc: albireo@intnet.mu > Subject: Satellite with a bright halo. > > > > Hello I am a physics teacher and tonight saw something quite unusual in the > sky above Mauritius (57.4808 degrees East, 20.2983 degrees South). > > Around 20h 47 I got a phone call to check the sky. In the sky at about > 60-70 > degrees elevation above the West (it actually went from the tail of the > Scorpion more or less along the Milky Way) I saw a point of light moving as > an artificial satellite would (from South to North) but it was surrounded > by > a bright halo about five degrees in diameter. The sky was clear and there > was no halo around any star. The halo reminded me of photos of comet > Holmes. > Have you received reports of such sightings? I wonder what kind of > satellite > this was. Could you please help identify the object? > > Kind Regards, > > Serge Florens. > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/private/seesat-l/attachments/20130930/cc55149a/attachment.html > _______________________________________________ > Seesat-l mailing list > http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/private/seesat-l/attachments/20130930/e22f6da0/attachment.html _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l
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