Hi Bram,thanks for your mail ERS1 could be a candidate, but seeing the trajectory of this sat passed very close to zenith from my position at that time towards the north and passed very close to polaris star. The flare we saw was very close to Vega star. Hai Yang 1 passed exactly in the position of the misterious flare but it was at 20:49 UTC and the flare was at 21:13 UTC Thank you very much again for your information Bram clear skies, Javi Zaragoza, Spain 41.6406 N -0.8753 W Alt: 253m. Datum: WGS84 -------Mensaje original------- De: Bram Dorreman Fecha: 05/25/05 02:05:51 Para: Fco. Javier Iruretagoyena CC: SeeSat-L Asunto: Re: Misterious satellite flare 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b29 : Tue May 24 2005 - 20:35:43 EDT