Hello
My wife & I were on the back patio in far western Brisbane on Wednesday 29-2 night 11-11:30pm looking up and spotted an odd flashing object. It was a bit left and higher than Mars. We spotted it because of it's flashing (otherwise not visible to naked eye). The flashing was not uniform, being 7-9 seconds apart (not a plane). It was very slow moving. I grabbed my 20x80's. It took 20 seconds to cross my field of view, so very slow. It was "mostly" not visible till it flashed, but through the bino's it would brighten and then flash. After watching it travel about 10 degrees - heading NE - it stopped flashing and we were unable to find it again. I looked up stellarium, and it show no satellites in that vicinity at that time, except for the ISS (but it travels much much faster - I tracked it last night as a test). No alcohol involved either
Im guessing the flashes were reflections as the object rolled.
So any ideas?
Anyone know a satellite data base sites to check?
(I tried "heavens above" but I couldn't work it out.)
Thanks
PS No loss of time by either of us too. :p