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Re: (meteorobs) Weird Observation
Paulo,
Thank you for sharing this unique observation with us! If I had seen
what you have described I would be scratching my head in disbelief too.
The only observation remotely close to your phenomena that I have seen
was near midnight during a summer meteor observation. I was facing north
when two 3rd magnitude objects appeared between Polaris and the northern
horizon. I looked at these objects through binoculars and was amazed to
see a third fainter object with the same very slow direct motion toward
the horizon. I concluded that these objects were satellites since the
sun was not all that far below the northern horizon.
I have no ideas what your phenomena could have been. If you happen to
hear from someone else who saw this same phenomena be sure to share it
with us!
Clear Skies!
Bob Lunsford
"cacella@linkexpress.com.br" wrote:
> I have a very strange notice for you. I am amateur astronomer for 25 years. Also I've studied about meteorology and have a good experience in night observing. I am very skeptical about any UFO claims.
> However, today, April 7, 10:50 GMT, I was outside my home in Brasilia preparing for another night of observations when I've noted a strange double star located in northern part of Virgo losangle. This double appeared vis
> ually at magnitude 4. Immediately I've perceived that this "star" was non-existent. I thought that could be a nice double nova (as strange this thing could be!!!). I've got immediatelly my Celestron Bino 20x80 and I had o
> ne of more surprising sights of my life. Six stars with mags from 4 to 7 were concentrated in an area of 15'. I've called my wife and put my 10" LX-50 to work. Six bright stars were in sight. Suddenly two of then begun to
> move. Yesss . To move. At a rate about 1' per 3 or 4 seconds. Two stars orbited the other 4. Yess.. They begun to move in a constant cicular speed around the four brighter. After some two minutes of observation the brigh
> t stars begun to fade. All set fade in about a minute. After that only background stars.
> The location of this weird sight was very near a star called Wo 9429 from Nearby Stars Catalogue.(BD +06 2697). 13h08m51s +5 12m 32s. Hipparcos 64150. SAO 119789.
>
> I am looking for a similar observation anywhere to triangulate the
> position of the "objects"
>
> Paulo Cacella
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