Did anyone else see a star brighten and fade in Musca constellation?

[knightrider]

Originally Posted by astroron

Iridium Satellite's are spread out across the sky, last week I saw two within one minute of each other and only a deg of seperation,eg one was 354° at 17:56 and the next one was 353° at 17:57, now unless you had noted down the time of both of them, you could be forgiven for thinking they where the same satellite.
Joel could have seen a satellite flair around the same time, but it would be unlikely to have been the same one seen around 2000kms away from your position.
Another thing I thought after my last post, was,by the time you got your binoculars the satellite had gone into the Earths shadow and so you would have not seen it move anyway.
The main thing that has come out of this thread for me, is that it pays to always have your bino's, a watch, and pen and paper to record accurately your observations.
Cheers

Thanks for your input ron
I thought I was doing well to get the location of the object and a rough time.

I'll have to keep my eye out for more of them when I'm out.

[astroron (Ron)]

Enjoyed the thread
Cheers

[EagleStr1ke (Joel)]

I observered roughly the same thing you did: a star brighten and fade, low in the sky on Monday 1 July. It was around 8:30 pm. It was also in the same direction of the sky, a bit south of the cross. It was stationary for the 8 seconds I was looking at it, so I don't think it was a satellite.

I didn't realise when I posted that what I saw was a while after yours, but considering this is the first time I've ever seen anything like this I'm following this thread.