IF or Meteor?

[Kain]

Did anyone just see the meteor tonight that when through Cassiopeia at about 22.40 (ish)

It started off dim, them had an flare to about mag -3! (brighter than Jupiter by miles) faded then brightened again to about -1 then faded. Left a trail that lasted about 5 seconds?

Never seen anything like that before. It was heading NE.

I was up the lane with a few mates and we was all like 'wow look at that!'

Kain

[geppetto]

Darn it, I was looking the wrong way :insects1:

Doesn't sound like an Iridium flare....

Well spotted mate 8)

[lunator]

Kain

Sounds like a great view

didn't see any meteor last night.

[jonifive]

Funny you should say that Kain, I was looking at Lyra about the same time, I got about 20 mins before the clouds stopped play and I could of sworn I saw two flashes out of the corner of eye towards Casseopeia. I put it down to my dodgy eyesight, but maybe it wasn't.

JV

[Jeff RV]

Hi all,

Would have loved to have seen that!!! but here in Spain the last 2 days OK today.

Sounds like a meteor skipping of the atmosphere maybe.

Jeff.

[Kain]

As it was moving fairly slow in meteor terms, I would say it was an earthgrazer. The flare ups must have it been skimming across the atmosphere.

Well I think anyway, until someone who knows more about it than I do.

Kain

[proflight2000]

there were predictions for the cosmos 482 decent craft in that exact area

Date, time [local] Azimuth [°] Elevation [°]

01 Sep, 22:34 234.8 18.37

01 Sep, 22:35 227.63 32.5

01 Sep, 22:36 209.07 52.68

01 Sep, 22:37 152.7 65.84

01 Sep, 22:38 105.71 54.57

01 Sep, 22:39 90.94 41.62

01 Sep, 22:40 84.84 32.47

01 Sep, 22:41 81.63 25.92

01 Sep, 22:42 79.71 20.94

01 Sep, 22:43 78.45 16.95

01 Sep, 22:44 77.58 13.6

01 Sep, 22:45 76.97 10.7

But as you mention a 5 second trail would seem a bit long for this.

http://www.n2yo.com/?s=6073