[Chaos-l] Holy Smokes..check overhead

[Robert Nielsen]

Chuck,

Near Clemson?   I'm down there quite a bit lately ... my daughter just 
started there.

I think the answer is the Centaur rocket: 
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/atlas/av015/status.html

Robert

Chuck Cook wrote:
> Not likely to be a helicopter, I saw it from where I live now, near Clemson,
> SC
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: chaos-l-bounces at rtpnet.org [mailto:chaos-l-bounces at rtpnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Robert Nielsen
> Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 7:47 PM
> To: Chapel Hill Astronomical Observation Society
> Subject: Re: [Chaos-l] Holy Smokes..check overhead
>
> A helicopter?   Wow ... that seemed very high up!   But yeah ... it 
> seems to have moved a lot.
>
> Robert
>
> sroy6855 at msn.com wrote:
>   
>> Robert, I saw it too at 7:02 but went out with my scope a few minutes 
>> later and could not find it.  Pat Moore from the Raleigh club did get 
>> a look at it.  See his comment below.  Sims Roy
>>  
>>  
>>     
>> Re: [raleighastroimaging] Strange Object in Sky
>>
>> I just happened to have my telescope out. It looked exactly like a 
>> spectacular comet naked eye. Unfortunately, it was a helicopter with a 
>> search light on. The fog in the air made it look like a great comet tail.
>>
>>  
>>
>> Pat
>>     
>>  
>>
>>     ----- Original Message -----
>>     *From:* Robert Nielsen <mailto:robertnielsen at nc.rr.com>
>>     *To:* Chapel Hill Astronomical Observation Society
>>     <mailto:chaos-l at rtpnet.org>
>>     *Sent:* Monday, December 10, 2007 7:18 PM
>>     *Subject:* Re: [Chaos-l] Holy Smokes..check overhead
>>
>>     Stewart-Taylor, Jon wrote:
>>     > Hi all.  From my office in RTP (LM about 2.5-3) i can confirm
>>     there's
>>     > something bright and asymmetrical as reported by Kumar.  With a
>>     pair of
>>     > 4x20s i can't tell much else, but somebody with a good
>>     instrument should
>>     > take a look.  I'll stick the 10" on it when i get home.
>>     >
>>     > J.
>>     >  
>>     I see it too ... next to Cassiopeia ... kinda looks like a
>>     comet.   I'm
>>     getting the scope out now.
>>
>>     Robert
>>
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