[elikifil]

Hi All,

Hoping someone can shed some light on a sighting I made, 21:41 Australian EST Wed 29 Nov from western Sydney. I noticed what appeared to be a star roughly half-way between Betelgeuse and Canopus. It originally had the luminosity and colour of Sirius then over the space of a few seconds, it dimmed to the point it was no longer visible.

The skies were cloud-free. The object did not appear to move - at least to my naked eye - rules out aircraft, satellites, meteors, comets. There were no man-made objects anywhere near the region of the sky which might explain this.

Any suggestions?