The 'untidy' dots near the building block were created by the Pointers to the Southern Cross, Crux. After mapping the background stars ( analysis indicated all were SPOs) i realized the upper dots were created by red Antares in Scorpion -the Mar's rival.
Here is an example how the background stars got mapped onto the 3.8mm single video frame using UFOAnalyser. On the lower right is a negative magnitude brightness meteor or shooting star. Crux is seen near the mid top of the white building block. Constellation of Scorpion on mid top right. [ at wide angle only brighter stars can be detected by the video]
A satellite flash upper left .. RA18.1, Dec -14.25
To find the unknown flash
Next a trip to www.space-track.org to grab the bulk TLEs.
Run Skymap66 and bring up the region of the sky. Park the '+' cursor at the flash point and ran the listings with +/- 1 minute of reported time. With a bit of luck you can eliminate other entries and pick the mostly one.
Cosmos 1523.
see how many objects within 2 minutes crossing the sky
To find the unknown flash
a) When - timing?
b) Where - position RA, Dec
c) What [objects] Get satellite two lines elements TLEs
d) How - run a planetarium software in object vicinity
e) check for closest match [ time, position, direction of travel ]
Run Skymap66 and bring up the region of the sky. Park the '+' cursor at the flash point and ran the listings with +/- 1 minute of reported time. With a bit of luck you can eliminate other entries and pick the mostly one.
Cosmos 1523.
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