Here's hoping Marco may have seen this. Setting up for ISS tonight , clear sky but high haze to the south and west. I was rather distracted by a slow moving satellite rising from the south and transiting SSE / NNE. It looked to be in an orbit similar in height to Envisat and about 4th magnitude....however it grew rapidly in brightness and started to flare to at least mag 1 at an elevation of approx 75 degs Whilst all this was going on I managed to fire up the camera and get a bead on it. At that height and suspecting this was a small spacecraft I didnt expect to be able to see very much , however on looking at two consecutive frames the target has a distinctive shape to it. Cant find anything that matches on HA or Calsky which would be of a suitable size....which I estimate to be similar to the IGS birds. Any offers? Hastily prepared raw images at.... http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/satcom_transits/unknownA.jpg Thanks John -03.05.30 53.23.15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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