Hi, This is my first post. I am an observer from Venezuela. I am an enthusiast on aeronautics and astronomy, but currently without experience in positional observations, orbital elements, or related software (just entered simple text reports at heavens-above.com). The reason I'm here is the following observation: Name: Unknown Location: Valencia, Venezuela (10.1810° N, 68.0040° W) Sky Conditions: Good (but few scattered clouds). Date (UTC): Nov, 12, 2005 Time (UTC): 00:20:00 Time Uncertainity: 300 s Behaviour: Irregular Brightest Mag: -1 Comments: The object crossed sky in N-S direction. Observed trayectory (approx): 80 degrees (S) to 5 degrees (S). Speed was unusually fast: I would say about two or three times the apparent speed of the ISS when it crosses the sky at this location. The object did not enter earth shadow or plunged behind the horizon: it stayed at above 5 degress (S) south for 10 seconds and started to get dimmer until disappeared. Very bright. Constant brightness from start of observed trayectory, but it began to experiment constant flashing (0.5 second period, always in same white color), when it went below 10 degress (S). It flashed until it disappeared. It was not an airplane because its amazing speed and lack of jet sound afterwards. I suspect a satellite decay or a meteoroid (however I saw no signs of trail). Does somebody know what was it? Thanks, Demetrio Rey ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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