Thanks for the research Bjorn and Ron. I was looking tonight and had clear skies but did not see a repeat of last night. - Jeff --- Björn Gimle <bg_26934@glocalnet.net> wrote: > Cosmos 1586 was at RA 12:39 dec +56:40 at around > 01:01:30 UT > It will be about 1 deg right 2 min earlier today. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jeff Umbarger" <jumbarger2000@yahoo.com> > To: <seesat-l@satobs.org> > Sent: Sunday, April 16, 2006 12:26 AM > Subject: Midnite Flare in Big Dipper > > > > Hey All, > > At 6:01UT (1:01am local time - CDT, 26 minutes > > from local midnite) today (April 15) I saw an > > additional star in the handle of Ursa Major. Threw > me > > off for a bit. It was located at around +56 dec > and > > 12h 35m RA. It did not move but flared to as > bright as > > the other stars in the Big Dipper. Then it rapidly > > faded. It must have been pretty far away to be > seen > > that late at night and that motionless. Any ideas? > > Will it be back there tonite? > > > > Regards, > > Jeff Umbarger > > Plano, TX USA > > Lat: -96.76807 > > Lon: +33.06946 > > Central Daylight Time (GMT - 5:00) > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked > Questions, SeeSat-L > > archive: > > http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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