Re: Misterious satellite flare

From: Bram Dorreman (bram.dorreman@skynet.be)
Date: Tue May 24 2005 - 19:05:22 EDT

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    Hello Javi,
    
    You wrote:
    > In subtitution appeared a
    > flare in the other direction (going toward the north) about at 21:13. The
    > flare was magnitude about -3 (visual appreciate)
    >
    
    I do not know where at the sky you saw that bright flare.
    Going north and also in north at that time was satellite ERS 1 (Earth
    Resources satellite) 1991-050A #21574.
    This satellite can shown very bright flares, sometimes with a red hue. May
    be this is a candidate.
    
    Another interesting satellite these days is 2002-024A #27430 named Hai Yang
    1. This shows several negative magnitude flashes during one transit. At
    least at my location.
    
    happy observing,
    
    Bram Dorreman
    Collector PPAS observations
    COSPAR 4160
    51° 16' 45.5" N  5° 28' 36.6" E (WGS84) 35 m
    
    
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