[vsnet-chat 4445] Fw: astroclubs Fw: BoardRoom: strange regular pulsing light in fixed p

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paul Greenhalgh" <fvas@home.com>
To: <ACATW@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, May 14, 2001 11:24 AM
Subject: astroclubs Fw: BoardRoom: strange regular pulsing light in fixed p


> Interesting Read Below, a message left on the Message Board via my website.
> This object was seen near Leo's hind foot.. or near
> 
> NGC 3521
> Very elongated galaxy, dusty, bright core.
> Constellation Leo
> Dreyer Descr. CB,CL,ME140,VSMBMN
> Magnitude:  8.90
> RA, Dec: 11h  5m 51.1s ,   0d  2m 20s S
> Az, Alt: 268d 56m 37s ,   1d 29m 36s N
> Rise:14h 25m  Transit:20h 27m  Set: 2h 33m
> Source Catalog NGC
> 
> I wonder????? Could it be a geosyncronise satellite that is tumbling? Or
> have they witnessed pulsations of an exploding star in the Galaxy above?
> Dunno! Might be worth a look see though!
> 
> 
> 
> Clear Skies!
> _________________________________________
> 
> Paul Greenhalgh (Director)
> Fraser Valley Astronomers Society
> British Columbia Canada
> http://vsnet.fvas.net
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> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Josef Faulkner" <panther@gate.net>
> To: <fvas@home.com>
> Sent: Saturday, May 12, 2001 11:08 PM
> Subject: BoardRoom: strange regular pulsing light in fixed p
> 
> 
> >
> > Time: Sun, 13-May-2001 06:08:22 GMT     IP: 208.61.118.121
> >
> > I was out with some astronomers at a star party tonight.  I'm
> > not really
> > seriously into it like they are (I don't even own a telescope),
> > but while
> > sitting there staring at the sky, I saw a short pulse of light.
> > At first, I
> > thought it was a meteor, as I had already seen several meteors
> > that night.
> > I did find it odd that I didn't see it move in any direction
> > across the sky,
> > but instead as just a still point of light that pulsed in and
> > then out for
> > less than a second.
> >
> > I mentioned this oddity to one of my friends, and was describing
> > about where
> > I saw it, when I saw it happen again.  He was suprised to have
> > seen it after
> > having called me crazy for what I saw.  Then others got
> > interested in
> > finding out what it was and after a while 7 or 8 of us had seen
> > this pulse
> > at least once.  It repeated *very* regularly every two minutes,
> > occasionally
> > being much dimmer than other times.  We determined that it
> > happened in
> > exactly the same spot in the sky every 2 minutes.  The pulse
> > lasted only
> > about half to three-quarters of a second and the maximum
> > brightness at the
> > peak of the pulse was comparable to the brightest stars on
> > average.
> >
> > I had my laptop with me and a copy of TheSky loaded, so I found
> > the closest
> > visible star to where the pulse was.  I couldn't pin it down any
> > closer and
> > those with telescopes got frustrated with trying to find it due
> > to the time
> > between pulses, so they gave up.  The closest visible star I
> > could find on
> > my map to the pulsing light is SAO 118731.  I was located at
> > latitude
> > 26.1492 longitude -80.8827 (in the middle of the everglades) at
> > the time
> > that I saw it (which was approximately 10:30 to 11:00pm eastern
> > time).
> >
> > If anyone has any guesses as to what this was, or if they have
> > any
> > questions, please feel free to drop me an email.  I'm quite
> > curious to know
> > what caused this pulse of light.  I saw it at least 10 times
> > before I had
> > to leave the site to take someone home.
> >
> > Thanks and take care
> >
> > Josef Faulkner
> > panther@gate.net
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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