Hi Shane, Ron & All,
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Originally Posted by astroron
I think you will find it is what I call a flasher  just a Rotating piece of space junk or a satellite.  ...
... You should always have a pair of Bino's handy for just this kind of happening  |
I'm very much with Ron on this one. I was introduced to the "Virgo Flasher" last month up at Mudgee that is a similar sort of thing:
http://my.hwy.com.au/~sjquirk/images...o-flasher.html
http://www.mudgeeobservatory.com.au/...o-flasher.html
That one (ETS-6 ( 1994 56A ) is a failed Japanese satellite that was supposed to end up in a geo-synchronous orbit. But the booster failed and it ended up stuck in it's transfer orbit. It has something like a 5:3 resonance with the Earth's rotation.
There are several other up there, I've seen another one several years ago that was pretty similar to what you saw -- can't remember the constellation though.
Top marks for being sharp-eyed
Best,
Les D