Re: Flashers

[george wm turner <turnerg@indiana.edu>]

a cosmic ray hit into the star during the exposure

george wm turner
uits/rats @ indiana university
812 855 5156

On Sun, 18 May 2003, Tom Droege wrote:

> Are there many stars that flash?  I keep finding stars with one bright 
> point.  I assume that these are airplanes flying by that happen to flash on 
> top of a measured star.  This especially if the bright point is at a 
> slightly different position.  But sometimes the bright point is at the 
> exact same position as all the others which I think unlikely for an airplane.
> 
> Tom Droege
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