Greetings SEESAT-L folks. I saw this posted to SCI.ASTRO or SCI.ASTRO.AMATUER: >From: meehan@hrc4.harvard.edu (Gary Meehan) >Subject: Geosynchronous Satellites >Date: Mon, 28 Aug 1995 16:15:43 GMT > >I had the unusual pleasure of observing a geosynchronous satellite >on Friday, 25 September. I was showing Saturn and five of its moons >to one of my friends when he noticed that all of the stars in the >image were moving, except for one! It was neat to watch this faint (~13th >magnitude) satellite with my 12.5" f/6 Dobsonian at about 85X while >the other stars whizzed by. > > >Gary Meehan >AXAF High Resolution Camera Project >Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics >(gmeehan@cfa.harvard.edu) (He obviously meant 25 AUGUST) I wrote Mr. Meehan for some more details as I might attempt to predict which geo he saw. He told me he was observing from 42 deg 38 min 15 sec N, 70 deg 57 min 0 sec W, at 22:25 EDT (2:25 UT, 26 Aug) with an approximately 1/2 degree field of view. So... If I did everything right, I find COSMOS 2282 passed right through Mr. Meehan's field of view while viewing Saturn at 02:37 UT (he was tracking Saturn). Would any others care to confirm or dispute my finding :-) ? =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Bill Welker * Not affiliated with anyone * My views only * wwelker@nexus.interealm.com * Lurking INTERNET * =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=