Morning again John Ive had a look at your image and tried to find a match using date as Feb 14, time 1838-1843 UT and your location given. I dont find a perfect match - there were four geosats in that area. However the best fit appears to be DSCS2-12 78113B #11145 as its track angle puts it close to the trajectory taken. CANYON 1 is a bit too far away and the other two possibilities have incorrect track angles. The problem is Im not sure a DSCS can appear as bright as mag +2. I cant ever recall seeing them anywhere near this so Im not convinced this is the candidate. Maybe you were lucky to catch a flare - if these satellites do in fact flare. Maybe, if you get a clear sky again in the very near future- next day or two - try the same area again and see if you can get it again- the event "repeats" about 4 minutes earlier each night ( due to earths rotation rate of 23h56min). However I think this will need a fair bit of luck. Your field of view was approximately 34 x 26 degrees. So for the moment thats the best I can come up with. Cheers Greg _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l
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