Actually, Patrick was able to patch himself into the Cassini probe and snapped the picture of NGC6643 before it disappeared behind Saturn's rings. From: Joe Bauman <josephmbauman@yahoo.com> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Friday, September 23, 2011 4:18 AM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Near miss with NGC-6643 That's really strange, Patrick. Maybe the big bright thing to the left is a bolide and the other streaks are its reflections in your various optical elements. -- Joe ________________________________ From: Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com> To: utah astronomy utah astronomy listserve <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Friday, September 23, 2011 12:51 AM Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Near miss with NGC-6643 One of the images from the SN search I was running tonight: http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/NGC6643NEARMISS.JPG Maybe it was UARS.  :) patrick _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php