Valami volt, de nem az igazi....


So Beth and I go out in the back yard at 11:00 UT (4:00 PDT) this morning,
temperature still in the high 70s F, some high cirrus which was
dissipating (nothing like 110 F in the daytime *with* uncharacteristic
humidity).

We saw about a dozen Aurigids in about an hour, mostly bright, some with
trails.  There were more between 11:00 and 11:30 than between 11:30 and
12:00.

At 11:48 we saw a *tumbling* satellite in a low-earth polar orbit, moving
north to south across Perseus, Taurus and Cetus.  It would flare up to mag
-1 at irregular intervals ... each flare would last a second or two, and
maybe 5-10 seconds between flares.  Anybody have any ideas?  We´re in
Altadena, California, latitude 34.206 north, longitude 118.134 west.

Thanks -- Bill Owen