Hey all:
From Sydney I was looking east at Orion at about 21:14. A satellite was passing south east to north east in a line passing through Orion and near Jupiter.
Initially this satellite was visible to the naked eye, so I guess it must have been mag 2 or something, it wasn't hard to see.
Then to my great surprise it brightened to something far brighter than I've ever seen. It easily outshone jupiter and if I'm asked to put a value to it, I'd have to say -6 or more. It was an exceptionially bright satellite.
The increase of brightness was fairly sudden. Boring boring boring boring oh that's getting brighte...AHH MY EYES! boring boring boring. (Very accurate there, I know
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I've had a look around on Heavens Above and other places and I guess it must have been an iridium, I can't find any supporting documentation.
Can anyone help out?