FWIW, I found Southern Cross to be in az. 147 at the time, and between az
310 and 352 appr I found the following objects. Could the two bright stars
be Castor and Pollux in az 329? Jupiter more to the N, but no more bright ?
Sirius and Orion in the W !
I added the period from Ed Cannons web list, where I could find a match:
TLE file: C:\TLE\alldat.tle
Configuration file: Sydney2.CFG
Tracking site: 200 km S of Sydney, Australia
Timezone: +10.0 hours
Report times: Local
Latitude: -35.7000
Longitude: +151.2833
Altitude: +0.0 meters
Elevation
Azim Elev Cat # Satellite Period
---- ---- ----- ----------------
332 37 03432 68081E
347 41 04068 69069A
349 35 05709 71116A
317 20 06974 73100B
317 20 10159 77071A
314 22 10975 78068A
332 29 11145 78113B
340 37 13269 82058A
327 33 13431 82082A p ~6
344 33 14114 82044F
317 21 14117 82009F
315 30 14365 83098A
318 24 14951 84031F
342 40 15166 ArianeVSyldaDb
312 28 15383 84113B
320 28 15386 84114B
349 37 15678 85035B
352 45 16657 Ariane 3 Rk
351 36 16667 86027A
328 31 17065 86082F
350 38 18384 87084A
326 31 18446 87091D
314 25 19017 Gorizont 15 p=16.2
329 39 19508 88086A
338 36 19596 88095A p=98.8
323 37 19857 88051G
318 29 19928 89030A
349 44 20168 89062A
351 41 20217 89070A
310 32 20705 TDF-2 p=21.6
325 28 20836 74060F
328 34 21046 90102D
336 37 21533 Gorizont 23 p=55.8
312 26 21641 91054D
331 37 21789 Cosmos 2172 P=146
352 41 21805 DSP F16
344 40 21922 92017A
312 36 21964 92027A
332 29 21966 Palapa B4 PAM
331 37 22044 92043D
313 37 22931 93078B
338 46 23185 94043A
350 43 23451 94087D
323 42 23649 95043A
328 43 23651 95044A
340 45 23712 95060A
335 45 23781 96007A
332 45 23943 96039A
322 41 24732 97007A
320 40 24798 97021A
316 28 25525 PAS 8 Rk
318 39 25630 99006A
309 34 25894 99046A
316 39 26089 00011A
335 45 27461 02035B
318 42 90008 Unk 001203 p=2.38
----- Original Message -----
From: "Russell Eberst" <eberst@blueyonder.co.uk>
To: <SeeSat-L@satobs.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2003 2:16 PM
Subject: Flashing sat
> Following message is on astro.satellite-observe list:
>
> Hi all, my friend told me you might be able to help me... We were down on
> our property 200kms south of Sydney last night (20.4.03, 8:00pm
> Aust.Eastern Standard time) and saw an object in the sky that flashed
quite
> brightly once every 23-25 seconds. It didn't appear to be moving - we
> watched it for about 15 minutes. I don't know anything about the night
sky,
> but it was north (pretty much directly opposite the southern cross),
> directly above two bright stars that were in line with each other (making
> an almost vertical line). We were thinking it was some kind of rotating
> satellite or space station - do you guys know what it could have been? We
> saw two other random satellite's on the night... it was great fun! Thanks
> for any help you can give me...
>
> Any ideas on what looks like a geostat?
>
>
> Best wishes,
> Russell Eberst
> 55.9486N, 3.1383W, 150 feet = 46 metres above MSL
>
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