[All times in UT] 04-06-2001: 0153: Saw the Lacrosse 3 Rocket - seemed to have a flash period in the neighborhood of about 30 seconds. I was not aware that it was flashing. Can anyone confirm or deny that this is a tumbler? This was just the first strange thing that happened last night. But I realized what I had missed by being busy in school nonstop for the last several months. There is just something so indescribably awesome of being among the stars, planets, Moon, and satellites! 02:00: Tried to see the new Russian satellite Cosmos 2367 make a 86 degree overhead pass - at magnitude +1.4. Did not appear in binoculars or naked-eye (LM +4 to +5; +2, respectively). There were thin clouds, but extremely thin. Yet another strange incident. 02:13: Saw the Cosmos 1953 Rocket. Heavens-Above gives a prediction for "SOYUZ TM-31" - does anyone know what that object is? Could it be the launch vehicle attached to the ISS? 02:22: Saw the ISS naked-eye. Was traveling too fast to be able to track it in the telescope. After the ISS pass was observed, the universe began to fall apart. I noticed that Orion's belt and sword was invisible, but this was not immediately jolting, considering that my glasses were off. I put my glasses back on - and an extreme surprise resulted. Orion has 4 corner stars of great brightness. Only one on top and one on bottom was visible. Everything else in the constellation was invisible. Now there were thin clouds - but I could see a lot of other stars and a Moon in the sky. 'Till 2:45, the condition remained the same. Except that Gemini and Aldebaran (sp?) were in different positions than in my star atlas. There is only three possible rational explanations for this: 1) A nova/supernova occured. 2) I was temporarily insane. 3) I was delirious. Can anyone help me? Has anyone seen the Orion constellation in the last 12 hours? P.S.: This is not a joke, if anyone thinks it is. I really saw (or rather didn't see) what I have written above. Thanks! ------------------------------ Jonathan T. Wojack tlj18@juno.com 39.706d N 75.683d W 5 hours behind UT (-5) ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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