As i stepped out to see if i could observe Starshine 2, last 2 nights no flashes were seen, anyway as soon as i stepped out on my deck i noticed a bright object to the NW, Az 320deg El 40 deg approx, about 10 deg above what i believe was Deneb at 02:24:16 12 Feb UTC +/- 3 sec. Mag was -2 and the sky was still somewhat bright, the rest of the stars of Cygnus weren't visible at 1x. The flare lasted long enough to see that the object was heading 'up Island' towards the NNW. Estimated track was from 180 to 340 roughly. I checked my programs and there were no expected Iridium flares at that time or area. A few minutes later i did catch a nice -1 flash from Starshine 2 at 02:27:54 +/-3 sec 10 deg SW of Polaris. Jari 49.40N 125.00W 30m ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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