[Binary Stars (George)]

Hi all,

This is my first post ever but need to share.

Last night, 28/3/2012 at approx 9.47pm, Melbourne time, clear skies, I saw two very bright flashes in Orion between Betelgeuse and Saiph. Each flash lasted about a second and was approx 3 seconds apart. The flashes happened near Altinak and moved from east to west. I have seen shooting stars before but these have been accompanied by a light streak or light tail. In this case, it was just a flash of light (like someone switched on a ceiling light and then switched it off). Did anyone else see this? Any thoughts as to what it may have been?

ps. in terms of scale, if Betelgeuse is a 5 cent piece, the flashes were the size of a $1 coin. Not sure if this means anything but the color of the light appeared to be a bright white!

Thanks,