Re: Unidentified flash over New Mexico Feb 22, 2012

From: Thomas Ashcraft (ashcraft@heliotown.com)
Date: Wed Feb 22 2012 - 20:43:12 UTC

  • Next message: Tony Beresford: "Re: Unidentified flash over New Mexico Feb 22, 2012"

    Thank you Carlos and Björn for looking.
    
    Regarding "geostationary" : I'm not sure but I think the object moves 
    discernibly from NNE to SSW over the course of 8 seconds. Would a 
    geostationary sat move noticeably?
    
    Thomas
    
    
    2012/2/22 Thomas Ashcraft <ashcraft@heliotown.com>
    >>> My all-sky camera captured an eight second long flash over north central
    >>> New Mexico this morning at Feb 22, 2012, 3:15:34 am MST ( 1015:34 UTC).
    >>> I checked Heavens-Above for possible sats but their listings start at 4
    >>> am local time or so.
    >>>
    >>> I am wondering if this might be a re-entry?
    >>>
    >>> I made a rough movie document and overlaid a general sky map onto the
    >>> sky field. Please know that the map overlay is general and not an
    >>> absolute precise fit to my camera field of view. ( Map from
    >>> Heavens-Above.com  Thank you. )
    >>>
    >>> http://www.heliotown.com/unidFeb222012_101534ut_Ashcraft.mp4  ( 1 MB )
    >>>
    >>> Thank you in advance for any identification help.
    >>>
    >>> Thomas Ashcraft
    >>> 35.50 N  ,  -105.89 W
    >>> New Mexico
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    >
    
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