(meteorobs) Interesting capture- still to be identified

[Larry]

Thomas,

I think it is a close-in artificial object. The early morning Sun could 
easily produce a bright reflection like this off of a Military or foreign 
satellite and I see no trace of lateral movement or any subtle variations in 
the intensity as it waxes and wanes.
I think if a light curve were done on the files, it will rule out a point 
source (head-on) meteor and likely rule out a stellar object from the 
linearity in the intensity.
(FWIW...)

YCSentinel


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Thomas Ashcraft" <ashcraft at heliotown.com>
To: "Global Meteor Observing Forum" <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
Sent: 2009/11/08 09:37
Subject: (meteorobs) Interesting capture- still to be identified


> November 8, 2009  0043:20 UT  ( Nov 7, 2009   1743:20 MST)
>
> Last evening I captured what I assumed was a satellite flash, possibly
> an Iridium flare, but I could not find any listed sats that were in the
> vicinity at the moment of the flash. I asked about unlisted sats on the
> satellite observer list but no sats were predicted at that time.
>
> Hence, I think the capture might be a point source meteor.  But.......
> now I am wondering if this flash could have been from further out in
> space...like a nova or other form of burster of some sort? But I don't
> know where to check on nova-like events.
>
> In any case, I posted the image and movies in both .mp4 and .wmv windows
> formats.
>
> http://www.heliotown.com/Unidentified_Satellite.html
>
> Any possible clues to help identify this event are welcome.
>
> I am thanking you in advance.
>
> Thomas Ashcraft
> New Mexico
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