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 Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2005 3:05 pm |
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Hi,
Last night (3-10-05) I got a call from my brother-in-law who lives in
dark-sky country outside of Temple, TX, with a question: What's that
flashing thing near the very bright star in the SSW?
I live in Austin, TX, 75 miles away, but when I went out to look, sure
enough, there it was... an irregularly flashing (anywhere from about 30
seconds to about 75 seconds) point in the sky. I couldn't tie it to any
star in my 8x35 binos, but it was roughly 6 degrees east of Sirius and
maybe four degrees toward zenith.
I thought at first it might be an iridium flare satellite, but this
flashing was stationary, and repeating, and there aren't any
geosynchronous irridium satellites, are there? I watched it for 20 minutes
or so, then went in to consult "Starry Night". When I returned to the sky
30 minutes later, it wasn't happening.
What did we see?
Thank you,
Rusty
N 30š15.909'
W 97š46.323'
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