On Mon, 5 Jun 2006 05:53:58 -0400, "George"
wrote:

I was thinking maybe it was an Iridium flare. Here is a chart of the
iridium flares that were possible to see over victoria over the last 48
hours If nothing else, this should rule it in or out one way or another:

The maximum intensity of an Iridium flare is only about -8, and the
description provided by the OP made it sound as if the event was much
brighter than that. Personally, I've never seen an Iridium flare as
anything other than white. But people's perception of both color and
intensity is quite variable, and as you note, the possibility of an
Iridium flare is very testable.

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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
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