I've only just archived some sky survey images (135mm, Canon 6D, 60sec exps) from 2021 Oct 14 and noted a structured red "glow" that had the vague appearance of a meteor train recorded after the meteor had passed. However, on the subsequent image the glow had a somewhat different form - more condensed and trailed like an outgassing satellite. I note that the vague speed based on these two images seems to fit a faint satellite trail that leads the glow by about 1 minute of time and 1 deg to the south. This satellite was ID's as BLOCK DM-SL R/B, 12045B, NORAD 38750. The glow is most certainly not meteoric (it is more condensed on the 2nd image rather than dissipating) and any association with the BLOCK R/B is tentative, but I would tend more to a satellite association for the formation of the glow than anything else I can think of. Here are the positions for the BLOCK R/B 2021 Oct 14 161722UT RA 05h11.0m Dec +20d58' (2000) 161822 05 17.1 +20 22 161836 05 18.4 +20 15 161936 05 24.1 +19 42 Lat -31.27 Lng 149.16E Ht 600m Any ideas? Rob _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-lReceived on Tue Oct 26 2021 - 01:16:20 UTC
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