A satellite brightening and flotilla of satellites


At the beginning a satellite is very weak and hadrly visible near the middle of the right border of frames (in the midlle of the red square), but then, as it moves into the frame center, its brightness rapidly increases and remains at new level.

At the same frames animation there is a flotilla of small satellites at the bottom.


Frame 561, event 1Camera k2a
Flash date (UT): 2009.04.20, 01:41:2
Flash date (local LCO): 2009.04.20, 21:41:22
Flash (ra,dec):
(2 arcmin/pixel, North up)		14h7m30.07s, 8°27′ 22″
14.1250h, 4.°4587
Flash (x,y): 852, 1177
Prev/flash/next intensity: 48 / 323 / 21


At first big pictures 1000x1000 arc minutes. At first frame the satellite is in the middle of the red sqaure.

a



And the centre of this frame in enlargement (1°x1°):

b