XM-1 geo sat flare video

From: Kevin Fetter (kfetter@yahoo.com)
Date: Tue Feb 03 2009 - 16:33:10 UTC

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    XM-1 ( 26761 ) flared to magnitude 5 range.
    
    Oh darn, I have video evidence of the event :)
    
    http://www.kfetter.com/satvideo/other2/XM-1Flare.wmv
    
    XM-1 is the star near the centre, of the feild of view.
    
    The flare lasted over 1/2 hour.
    
    The area of sky is
    
    8 h 53 m R.A
    -6 deg 45 min Dec
    
    See it does flare up :)
    
    Kevin
    
    44.6062 N
    75.6910 W
    
    
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