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Flashing light in sky
Out in the garden last night at about 21:15. Looking just below Lyra there
was a pulsating light I had not seen before. It went from nothing to about Mag 4-5 (at least to the naked eye) every 2-3 seconds. It did not appear to be moving during the 15 or so seconds I observed it - if it was it was very slow. By the time I had gone inside to get the scope out (about 1 minute later) I couldn't see it any more. Anyone any ideas what this was? Thanks, Pete |
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@ wrote in message ... Out in the garden last night at about 21:15. Looking just below Lyra there was a pulsating light I had not seen before. It went from nothing to about Mag 4-5 (at least to the naked eye) every 2-3 seconds. It did not appear to be moving during the 15 or so seconds I observed it - if it was it was very slow. By the time I had gone inside to get the scope out (about 1 minute later) I couldn't see it any more. Anyone any ideas what this was? Obviously the space aliens coming to get us Seriously, it could be anything from a tumbling satellite (positioned so that sun reflects off it) to an aircraft moving directly toward or away from you. |
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JRS: In article , seen in
news:uk.sci.astronomy, ?@?.? posted at Thu, 25 Sep 2003 06:55:33 :- Out in the garden last night at about 21:15. Looking just below Lyra there was a pulsating light I had not seen before. It went from nothing to about Mag 4-5 (at least to the naked eye) every 2-3 seconds. It did not appear to be moving during the 15 or so seconds I observed it - if it was it was very slow. By the time I had gone inside to get the scope out (about 1 minute later) I couldn't see it any more. For "just below Lyra" to be a useful indication of the absolute position of an object, one really needs to know the observer's whereabouts to within a fraction of the assumed distance of the object. An aircraft at that angle will not be much more than 10-15 miles away; a LEO satellite say 500 miles, ... Given the number of active observers here, if anyone else says they saw it just below Lyra at that time, it must have been well above LEO and possibly astronomical. -- © John Stockton, Surrey, UK. Turnpike v4.00 MIME. © Web URL:http://www.merlyn.demon.co.uk/ - FAQqish topics, acronyms & links; some Astro stuff via astro.htm, gravity0.htm; quotes.htm; pascal.htm; &c, &c. No Encoding. Quotes before replies. Snip well. Write clearly. Don't Mail News. |
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