23 Jul
2013
23 Jul
'13
5:52 a.m.
I was watching a typical 3rd or 4th magnitude satellite in a polar orbit pass through Perseus this morning at 5:01 am, when it briefly flared to about first magnitude, then faded again. Not nearly as bright as the Iridium flares I've seen. Anybody care to look it up? Traveling south to north.