Re: Unexpected flasher

From: paul (astro@pgog.net)
Date: Mon Sep 30 2002 - 10:39:11 EDT

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    I saw several fast bright flashes -4 the other night
    in low NNE->N, but the view was partly obscured by
    trees so I could not even make the preliminary determination
    to rule_out aircraft of some sort. 
    
    At 22:31 9/30/2002 +1000, you wrote:
    >Seen unexpectedly passing northwest to east near Altair. Passing south
    >of Epsilon Pegasi at approx 18:46:00 UTC.
    >
    >Bright flares of mag 1 every 8 seconds, fading to mag 4 between flares.
    >Quite spectacular. 
    >
    >Identified as 27520, H-2A debris.
    >
    >-- 
    >Larry Brash
    >32.9718° S, 151.6343° E, 30 metres, UTC +10.
    >
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