Good morning, 2 days ago my 11yo son spotted a bright flare, presumably a satellite, and wonders what it was. Location was 27.8997°S, 153.0213°E (south of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia) Time was about 18:52 local (08:52 GMT/UTC) on Thursday evening 3-4-2008 Azimuth close to due south, elevation high maybe 60-80 degrees Brightness ?negative magnitude: he insists it was far bigger & brighter than Sirius. No idea on direction of travel - it caught him somewhat by surprise. Sounds like an Iridium flare as they're often at about this elevation but Heavens-Above doesn’t list one. Cosmos 1408 seems a likely candidate for that time and position. I managed to google up a report of a possible flare from this, in the seesat archives of 1998 (http://satobs.org/seesat/Dec-1998/0271.html) and also this http://www.satobs.org/seesat/Jan-1999/0089.html Anyone else have other ideas? Michael Rice ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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