(meteorobs) Observations -- East GA, April 28/29

[John Kuehn]

Kim,

Your flash was probably a glint off of the Russian satellite 'Meteor 
Priroda'.
At that time it was in the position you noted, and ~mag 5.5.
Flashes off of flat solar arrays etc. can very often reach the mag -7 
you noted.

John Kuehn


Kim Youmans wrote:

> No verifiable fireballs were seen in my two hour watch, but at 3:05 UT 
> a bright flash at 7hrs 40  +34, just above Castor, caught my attention 
> -- from about 45 degrees or more DCV.  It lasted less than a second 
> and was at -7, roughly.  I detected no motion and there were no other 
> subsequent flashes. If was a fireball, it was a point meteor.  I 
> didn't list it in my report --  having been seen so indirectly there 
> was no way to determine what it was.
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