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We observed it at Astrofest for say about at least 1 hr probally longer as no one was timing,the event pretty much took over Saturday night observing for the few of us who were using the 20inch SDM, naked eye it was bright for at least 45mins possibly more and appeared like the SMC does, in bino's it started to take on a more plume like shape, and in Jonathans 20inch SDM it clearly was a large tapered exhaust plume in shape with 2 bright dots travelling accross in front.
Terry's picture shows good deal and well done in capture,but in the SDM it was alot sharper/cleaner straight plume/brighter with more contrast because of the real time viewing , and the 2 pieces of the craft were nice bright points moving through the sky. It would have been a hard object to image with the clarity of seeing it live.
It was very apparant that it was a satelite/rocket with exhaust plume in the 20inch. Best thing we have seen for along time.
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