Hi everyone.
Yesterday evening (Aug 11th 2005) I was outside watching Perseids with a friend.
At 21:26 UTC (+/- 30 secs) she (first time satellite observer :) )
spotted a bright flasher just east ("below") Cassiopeia. It gave 2
rapid flashes with a period of about 2 seconds (this is an estimated
value, and i'm not big at estimating :-). Therefore I won't estimate a
magnitude, I'll just say it flashed brighter than any star in
Cassiopeia).
After 3 or 4 couples of flashes it apparently entered earth shadow,
even if my friend insists she've seen it just over the horizon after
following the imaginary line of the orbit. I still think it eclipsed
below Cassiopeia.
My location was roughly
8°31'47'' E
45°41'23'' N
I hope I gave all the info you could need....if not just ask.
What's the standard procedure to id one of these?
Later at 21:58UTC she spotted, completely by chance, almost at the
azimuth, the NOSS 2-1 triplet, a little brighter than usual. She is
lucky, no doubt about it! ;-)
Thanks, clear skies.
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--- 73 de IW1GJS Michael ---
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