[meteorite-list] ODD sighting... need some input

From: lebofsky at lpl.arizona.edu <lebofsky_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2008 20:03:12 -0700 (MST)
Message-ID: <51200.71.226.60.25.1226372592.squirrel_at_timber.lpl.arizona.edu>

Richard:

Have you tried heavens above:

http://www.heavens-above.com/

You just need to input your location and then there is a place to look for
Iridium satellites (can do it for the next 10 days or for the last 24
hours). I have seen back-to-back satellites, but never two at once.

Larry

On Mon, November 10, 2008 7:39 pm, richard rumble wrote:
>

>
> At 6:05 pm PST I was heading out to my car... when I saw TWO bright stars
> in the sky that have NOT been there previously. Now, I do educational
> programs for ele. schools with a portable planetarium as well as host
> star parties for the schools. I am pretty familiar with the night sky,
> and since I was just out with the telescopes on FRI.. and neither of
> those two stars were in that location... Im pretty sure that they were
> not stars.
>
> Both were about the same magnitude as Jupiter... both were just above
> Fomalhaut.. in about the same locations as 88 and 89 Aquarii. They were
> stationary and did not move as they faded out, much like a Satellite..
> except that both dimmed together and neither moved.
>
> My only two thoughts are perhaps I managed to catch TWO geo-stationary
> satellites as they slowly rotated and FLASHED me at the same time.... Or
> TWO stars going supernova at the same time....
>
>
> Anyone here able to shed some light on this?
>
>
> Richard Rumble
>
>
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