I also had some scepticism about relevance of the Kelburn Wellington report in view of the lack of detailed information and also the fact that the satellite appeared to have already decayed prior to the reported sighting. I have repeatedly posted on the weatherwatch meteors page about the need to provide at least time as exactly as possible, trajectory, duration and approximate elevation but this has fallen on deaf ears. I have asked for more information on the sighting and included a plea to the moderator to ask that the main post ask for this information on all posts to avoid the "I saw a bright light in the sky last night" type of posting and hopefully get some useful or at least interesting sightings. However some factors I failed to draw attention to last night owing to the fact that it was getting late and I needed to sleep were that the observation was made from Oriental Bay looking towards Kelburn and the reference is to "towards Kelburn horizon." This indicates a pass to the west and just above hills which would mean an elevation of probably more than 20 or 30 degrees which together with the time is a good fit. The sun was well below the horizon so there is no possibility of any object being solar illuminated. Unfortunately the weather means reference stars would probably not be an option. I too would have been in considerable doubt about any possibility of this being related to Cosmos 1315/debris were it not for the fact that the timing is so close together with the azimuth and elevation being about right. If the observer gives a trajectory that fits it seems more than coincidence though the detailed description of exactly what was involved may remain a mystery! Robert On 1 September 2015 at 01:32, Ted Molczan via Seesat-l <seesat-l_at_satobs.org> wrote: > Here is a shorter link to the AMS reports: > > http://www.amsmeteors.org/members/imo_view/browse_reports?event=PENDING > > Ted Molczan > > > _______________________________________________ > Seesat-l mailing list > http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-lReceived on Mon Aug 31 2015 - 17:34:02 UTC
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