Using this as a location New Caney Texas = 30.1550N, 95.2110W Time = CST ( UT-5 ) I get no irdiums even close to where he saw those bright flashes, even after allowing for time errors. So something else was causing them from what I can tell. He message is a little confusing In the SERPENS CAUDA constellation between SABIK and M14 with the naked eye three bright flashes brighter, then near ALTAIR two bursts with visible mag -8 to -10, outshining ALTAIR and VEGA, then a quick fading of mag to loss of naked eye sight. Within 1 minute, my wife and I had located it on my charts and we then watched for another hour with naked eye and binoculars. Did he mean, he first saw three bright flashes coming from an area between the star SABIK and M14, then he saw two mag -8 to -10 flashes near ALTAIR. If he saw three bright flashes from an area between sabik and m13, then it might have been from a flashing geo satellite. As for the bright -8 to - 10 flashes near altair. There is molynia 2-17 in the area, molyina's are known to flash, but that bright? Kevin __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com ----------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from SeeSat-L, send a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@satobs.org List archived at http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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