More of Raduga 104?
Dave English (prospector@sd.znet.com)
Fri, 03 Sep 1999 15:21:04 -0800
Last night at 05:20 AM I saw what may have been a smaller version of
the decay seen in Northern California and Oregon in the brilliant
decay of Reduga 104. I sent an e-mail to Alan Pickup and asked if what
I saw could be more of the satellite that decayed last night. The
description given of the oberved decay of the main object was very
much like what I saw except the main object produced a greater show.
I noticed it just NW of Cassiopeia, it moved slowly and with a small
burst produced a white fragment in the tail that followed closely the
light yellow to white head. The decayed object or meteor ended its
journey just west of Orion, a regal trip of about 90 degrees, I
estimate, that lasted about five seconds.
This was very unusual, dim, about +3 to +2 magnitude, had at least one
burst, a fragment in the tail and slow moving from west to east. I
think it was a decay and one of the few hours in weeks that I had a
mostly clear sky, except during the full moon.
Lat. 33.1983 Dave English
Long. -117.3767 Oceanside, California
between LA and San Diego