Unknown flasher
Paul Becker (pebecker@mail.primary.net)
Wed, 16 Jul 1997 00:52:10 +0000
Hi All,
Tonight (the 15th) I saw a rather bright flasher with the naked
eye. When I first saw it, it was just southeast of being directly
overhead. I grabbed my 7x50 binos and saw that it had a
bright-dim-bright-black pattern that was very stable in its repeat
cycle. In my estimation, the brights were easily at or above
magnitude 2. It was about 2 to 2.5 seconds between bright flashes
(roughly measured with my wristwatch). I lost it just up from
Casseopeia; considering its track, it would have passed near the moon
and would have passed through Casseopeia. It was about 9:37pm to
9:39pm local CDT, or 02:37 - 02:39 UTC. I live at 38.47N, 90.63W.
Can someone help me identify it?
Thanks,
Paul Becker
pebecker@primary.net