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

[John Kuehn]

two additional items

Kim's 03:05 UT 29 Apr 2005 translates to 11:05 pm  EDT 28 Apr 2005 at 
Kim's Emanuel Ga location

and sorry for the but>nut typo in my previous post  ;-)

John Kuehn wrote:

> Kim, Tony
>
> In case your interested here's a picture of the 'Meteor Priroda' 
> satellite
> http://www.astronautix.com/craft/metiroda.htm
>
> Starry Night Pro shows that Meteor Priorada WAS sunlit from Kims 
> provided Lat. and Long. (32° 49' N 82° 10' W) before and after the 
> 23:05 time of the flash generating a mag 5.32 ,non flash, illumination 
> at those coordinates.
> With an elevation of 38 degrees and an almost due west azimuth.
> The sun was at a -32 degree elevation at the same time having set also 
> in the west.
> Starry night may be in error, nut, I generally haven't found that to 
> be the case.
>
> John Kuehn
>
> Tony Beresford wrote:
>
>>At 09:53 AM 1/05/05, Kim Youmans wrote:
>>  
>>
>>>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.
>>>    
>>>
>>
>>Kim,John,
>>If you check out Meteor priorada ( catalog number 12585, 1981 65A) with www.hreavens-above.com 
>>you will find it wasn't sunlit at your indicated location, only leaving the shadow  about 25 degrees further along the track.
>> It would also have been there closer to 23:02 EDT rather than 23:05. I assume Kim's time estimate
>>was + or - 2 minutes.
>>There were other satellite suspects , but none seem to me to be a likely suspect.
>>I found them using Mike McCant's FINDSAT programme.
>>
>>On seeing Kim's report my first thought was a a glint from one of the tumbling Iridium's,
>>but it turns out none were in the vicinity at the time. I have seen these 2 or 3 times myself.
>>Just one or sometimes two strobe length flashes, that one wonders if it was  real or something
>>internal to ones visual system. They can be mag -7to -8 like iridium flares. However the short
>>duration probably lowers the apparent brightness.
>>
>>Tony B  
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