Skywise (skywise711@earthlink.net) wrote: >... this evening (5-11-04) I ... saw a flsh in the general >vicinity of Alpha Hydra.... Then another flash about 5 >seconds later. ... >On the way back I was looking towards Gemini and saw a >flash just south east of Pollux. Continuing to stare >I saw another flash very close to Castor about 5 seconds >later. ... >when I got back in the house it was 9:14 pm, PDT (4:14UT >5-12-04). > >The basic track appeared to be polar moving from south >to north culminating in the west at about 40-45 degrees >altitude. > >Location: >118.0 west >33.8 north If it traveled from Alphard to Castor in about two minutes, IRS-P2 (23323, 94-068A), known to give very bright flashes on some passes, is a reasonable candidate. At 4:10:03 UTC it was at about RA 9:30, Dec. -9.8 (2000 coordinates; altitude 37, azimuth 221). It culminated alt. 45, azi. 264, and at 4:12:07 it had reached RA 7:57, Dec +29.9 (alt. 43, azi. 281). Ed Cannon - ecannon@mail.utexas.edu - Austin, Texas, USA ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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