[AZ-Observing] Re: Did anyone see it?
- From: Jeff Hopkins <phxjeff@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2006 16:42:08 -0700
Might be a reflective balloon. What angle and how big did it look in
the binoculars? Sometimes objects like that are below recognition
resolution until you use a larger optical device.
Jeff
At 16:33 -0700 11/17/06, Albert Stiewing wrote:
>My neighbor left a phone message stating he and his brother had seen a
>bright, naked eye, star like object in the NW around 1245 to 1300 today. The
>object remained visible long enough for him to retrieve binoculars and
>observe the object. In the binoculars he reported a dark center to the
>object. He reported the object as stationary or moving very slowly before
>fading out. I see nothing in heaven_above to explain it. I'd guess a
>stationary satellite? Observation from Sun City AZ.
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