87- 62 A flare
Leo Barhorst (leobarhorst@pi.net)
Wed, 22 Oct 1997 14:14:07 +0200
On October 18th I wrote:
>When starting observing I looked for 97- 17 B. Suddenly I saw a bright
>star under Cassiopea and moving to the east as it grew brighter to about
>mag 1 for about 5 seconds. Using the newest Iridiumfile from Alan Pickup
>I could not identify it as an Iridium. The only Iridium at that time
>(17:26:57.3 UT) was 97- 30 F, but that sat was in a different part of the sky.
Alerted by Kurt Jonkheere's message about 87- 62 A I ran a prediction for this
sat for the above time and they matched!
In PPASformat:
87- 62 A 97-10-18 17:26:57.25LB Flare to mag 1 for 5 sec
Kurt wrote:
>According to the PPAS, such a bright flash has never been observed
>from this object.This still stands as Kurt estimated it at mag 0 and I at mag 1
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Greetings and clear skies
Leo Barhorst Alkmaar The Netherlands
52.65 North 4.47 East 3 m ASL
Every day I wonder about what I see in the sky