Mike, Fred, and I were about to end the observing session when we all saw a zero magnitude flare, northbound west of Vega. It dimmed quickly, and then with my 8x42 I could not find it. Although the object hardly seems to allow such a bright flare, Transit O-14 (67-092A, 02965), which was predicted to be +7.8 magnitude at that position, matches the time, position, and direction pretty well. Here's a page about it: http://www.astronautix.com/craft/owl.htm Here's a Meteor 2-2 (67-092A, 02965) PPAS report: 77- 02 A 04-07-02 04:21:04 EC 144.9 6.0 7 21 +4.0->i BCRC site: 30.315N, 97.866W, 280m. Ed Cannon - ecannon@mail.utexas.edu - Austin, Texas, USA ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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