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ASTRO: Myster object Monday night.
It went threw Cass. was very bright & fast to start off when it was below
double cluster it was not naked eye no more. I have reports in UK have also seen it!.. 7pm or 1900 EST of USA. Either a sat dumping fuel or rogue small comet falling apart... |
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ASTRO: Myster object Monday night.
ops for got this...
Pic from my buddy, Joplin Motisher. Who also saw the same thing. Composite of images taken with Canon 20D 10 sec. exposure 200mm canon lens over a period of 2 minutes, 22 sec. "G" wrote in message ... It went threw Cass. was very bright & fast to start off when it was below double cluster it was not naked eye no more. I have reports in UK have also seen it!.. 7pm or 1900 EST of USA. Either a sat dumping fuel or rogue small comet falling apart... |
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ASTRO: Myster object Monday night.
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wrote: It went threw Cass. was very bright & fast to start off when it was below double cluster it was not naked eye no more. I have reports in UK have also seen it!.. 7pm or 1900 EST of USA. Either a sat dumping fuel or rogue small comet falling apart... A couple of days ago someone mentioned planning to observe an upcoming fuel release; I think it was in saa. IIRC the event was expected to be visible from points east of the Mississippi. But I can't seem to find the posting in Google ... -- Odysseus |
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ASTRO: Myster object Monday night.
"Odysseus" wrote in message news In article , "G" wrote: It went threw Cass. was very bright & fast to start off when it was below double cluster it was not naked eye no more. I have reports in UK have also seen it!.. 7pm or 1900 EST of USA. Either a sat dumping fuel or rogue small comet falling apart... A couple of days ago someone mentioned planning to observe an upcoming fuel release; I think it was in saa. IIRC the event was expected to be visible from points east of the Mississippi. But I can't seem to find the posting in Google ... -- Odysseus Right. That may have been the NROL-24 Centaur propellant dump. At least, that was what was suggested on another newsgroup. George |
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ASTRO: Myster object Monday night.
"Nunya Bizness" wrote in message ... George wrote: "Odysseus" wrote in message news In article , "G" wrote: It went threw Cass. was very bright & fast to start off when it was below double cluster it was not naked eye no more. I have reports in UK have also seen it!.. 7pm or 1900 EST of USA. Either a sat dumping fuel or rogue small comet falling apart... A couple of days ago someone mentioned planning to observe an upcoming fuel release; I think it was in saa. IIRC the event was expected to be visible from points east of the Mississippi. But I can't seem to find the posting in Google ... -- Odysseus Right. That may have been the NROL-24 Centaur propellant dump. At least, that was what was suggested on another newsgroup. George I am so glad someone posted this. I work at a municipal planetarium and got what I thought was a crackpot call from someone claiming to have seen a comet. He said that it must have been close because it moved about 60 degrees in an hour. We get all kinds of calls making all kinds of claims so I was ready to just blow this one off. I did a Google search for NROL-24 Centaur and there was the information I needed to give to this gentleman. I need to read the newsgroups more often! Thanks, everyone! --JC Craig De nada. George |
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ASTRO: Myster object Monday night.
Nunya Bizness wrote in news:475ff44c$0$2334
: I did a Google search for NROL-24 Centaur and there was the information I needed to give to this gentleman. I need to read the newsgroups more often! Might I also suggest you read sci.astro.satellites.visual-observe, where there was a post on the 9th predicting the visibility of this rocket's propellant dump. Also, check out the SeeSat-L mailing list, http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html Brian -- http://www.skywise711.com - Lasers, Seismology, Astronomy, Skepticism Seismic FAQ: http://www.skywise711.com/SeismicFAQ/SeismicFAQ.html Quake "predictions": http://www.skywise711.com/quakes/EQDB/index.html Sed quis custodiet ipsos Custodes? |
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ASTRO: Myster object Monday night.
Nunya Bizness wrote: George wrote: "Odysseus" wrote in message news In article , "G" wrote: It went threw Cass. was very bright & fast to start off when it was below double cluster it was not naked eye no more. I have reports in UK have also seen it!.. 7pm or 1900 EST of USA. Either a sat dumping fuel or rogue small comet falling apart... A couple of days ago someone mentioned planning to observe an upcoming fuel release; I think it was in saa. IIRC the event was expected to be visible from points east of the Mississippi. But I can't seem to find the posting in Google ... -- Odysseus Right. That may have been the NROL-24 Centaur propellant dump. At least, that was what was suggested on another newsgroup. George I am so glad someone posted this. I work at a municipal planetarium and got what I thought was a crackpot call from someone claiming to have seen a comet. He said that it must have been close because it moved about 60 degrees in an hour. We get all kinds of calls making all kinds of claims so I was ready to just blow this one off. I did a Google search for NROL-24 Centaur and there was the information I needed to give to this gentleman. I need to read the newsgroups more often! Thanks, everyone! --JC Craig Well, NunyaBusiness, its none of my business but .... there are fewer crank calls than you might think. I will leave logic to fill in the rest. Have a nice day. |
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ASTRO: Myster object Monday night.
Thy Bone wrote: Nunya Bizness wrote: George wrote: "Odysseus" wrote in message news In article , "G" wrote: It went threw Cass. was very bright & fast to start off when it was below double cluster it was not naked eye no more. I have reports in UK have also seen it!.. 7pm or 1900 EST of USA. Either a sat dumping fuel or rogue small comet falling apart... A couple of days ago someone mentioned planning to observe an upcoming fuel release; I think it was in saa. IIRC the event was expected to be visible from points east of the Mississippi. But I can't seem to find the posting in Google ... -- Odysseus Right. That may have been the NROL-24 Centaur propellant dump. At least, that was what was suggested on another newsgroup. George I am so glad someone posted this. I work at a municipal planetarium and got what I thought was a crackpot call from someone claiming to have seen a comet. He said that it must have been close because it moved about 60 degrees in an hour. We get all kinds of calls making all kinds of claims so I was ready to just blow this one off. I did a Google search for NROL-24 Centaur and there was the information I needed to give to this gentleman. I need to read the newsgroups more often! Thanks, everyone! --JC Craig Well, NunyaBusiness, its none of my business but .... there are fewer crank calls than you might think. I will leave logic to fill in the rest. Have a nice day. You've obviously not worked at a public planetarium! Since he did continue to try and find the answer and now has and will tell the fellow what he saw I'd say he took the guy seriously even though it appeared to be a crank call. That's not easy after all the abuse and lunacy you get from the public. He didn't say a lot of calls were from cranks, only that you get all kinds and boy do you. Rick |
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ASTRO: Myster object Monday night.
Nunya Bizness wrote: Thanks, Rick. Since I started in the planetarium field (20 years ago next Sunday), I've seen that while most people are fairly smart but somewhat misinformed, there are a lot of crackpots and loons out there. If I took every call or visit we get at the museum at face value, here's what I'd think: Every rock is a meteorite. Every flake of rock is a valuable Indian artifact. Every hunk of metal is a civil war artifact. Every fragment of bone is from a human. Every spider is a brown recluse. Every snake is a copperhead. Every light in the night sky is a flying saucer. So, yes, most of the calls we get are serious inquiries about the natural world. But when someone calls and says, "I saw a comet last night and it was moving across the sky very quickly so it must have been close," I might take it with a grain of salt because it matches no description of a comet I've ever seen. And, as it turns out, it wasn't a comet but, rather, a phenomenon that this former west coast boy had never seen. I learned something and was able to share that with the gentleman who'd called. Incidentally, he really appreciated that I'd called him back and was able to tell him what he'd seen. If I made a mistake in that, I'd sure like someone to tell me what it was. JC Craig After 27 years of dealing with the public as supervisor of a public observatory and helping a planetarium director for far longer I know what you are experiencing. Crackpots, while few in number scream their lunacy far and wide appearing far more numerous than they really are. Most folks suffer from science illiteracy due to our education system. They are easy targets for crackpots and their ideas. I'm sure we could trade horror stories and success stories for hours on end! Myth is simple, Science is tough. Thus, myth is the far easier to remember and comprehend by the unfortunately science illiterate majority. It will always be an uphill battle those few fighting it. I'm retired now. You are doing a good job in the front lines. Thanks, we need all the help we can get. Rick -- Correct domain name is arvig and it is net not com. Prefix is correct. Third character is a zero rather than a capital "Oh". |
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ASTRO: Myster object Monday night.
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Rick Johnson wrote: snip After 27 years of dealing with the public as supervisor of a public observatory and helping a planetarium director for far longer I know what you are experiencing. Crackpots, while few in number scream their lunacy far and wide appearing far more numerous than they really are. About 25 years ago I had a summer job in the NRC's analytical chemistry lab. I was mostly preoccupied with the task I'd been assigned (using an x-ray fluorescence spectrometer to assay & characterize the sulphur & iron content of about a zillion coal samples), so I have no idea how many requests for analyses were received from the general public during the time I was there. But I sure heard about -- and remembered -- the alchemist who claimed he was being lied to concerning the gold content of a sample he'd brought in ... -- Odysseus |
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