flash

hi everyone,
last night i noticed i bright light (i wasnt dead) to the west which was traveling from s to n. as it slowly moved its magnatuided slowly rised until it was impossible to see. it started at about a magnituded .............urm.........i dont really no but probably in the minius's
i think i could have been a flash from satalite but i dont really know
does any one else know what it was?

regards

novae

Sounds like a very bright Iridium flare!

for more see: satobs.org/iridium.html

Was about to say that voyager.
check out www.heavens-above.com for future flares from your location.

Aaron

I may have seen the same object. It was 00.10 hrs when I saw a slowly moving object in the west at about 65 degrees altitude. It started to increase in brightness slowly from 3.0 mag over a period of 5 seconds to a maximum magnitude of -5.5. It was at its maximum for about 1.5 secs. It then faded slowly within about 7 seconds to mag +3.0. It was travelling from SE to NW. The distance covered from start to finish was about 3.5 degrees.

I thought it was an iridium flare. In fact it was the brightest one I have ever seen. I didn't check Heavens above.

Eamonn A