Ed Cannon wrote: > have been as bright as +3. I was counting down to its > next expected flash, and my cousin's husband was > looking one-power at that general vicinity. A few > seconds early he reported a bright flash that he said > was like a "flash bulb". It was within the northern > head of Hydra -- the wrong location for GSTAR 3. We > both watched there a while, and then I saw a bright > flash -- above and a bit east of the northern head of > Hydra! We watched at least four or five minutes longer > and saw no more one-power flashes. Checking this out > later, the best candidate seems to be COMETS (25175, > 98-11A). I recently observed COMETS with my 6" telescope. On the 2nd March 2000 from 20:10UT to 20:15UT I observed irregular flashes at approx. mag +9. However, one flash was particularly bright, reaching approx mag+4. I didn't see any further bright flashes during the time of observation. Best wishes & clear skies, Jason ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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