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

[Kim Youmans]

John,
 That would fit in nicely with my observation, then.  The satellite would 
have been positioned between me and the sun.  As I noted, my magnitude 
estimate was "rough" because I didn't get a clear look at it.  It didn't 
seem meteoric at all.

Kim Y.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Kuehn" <jkuehn8 at comcast.net>
To: "Global Meteor Observing Forum" <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
Sent: Saturday, April 30, 2005 4:33 AM
Subject: Re: (meteorobs) Observations -- East GA, April 28/29


> 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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