Kevin Lawrence reported: > I was using Heavens-Above predictions to casually > observe satellite passages on July 31, 2006 just after > dusk. My location is Murfreesboro, TN, Lat. 35.846, > Long. -86.390 in the Central time zone. I saw Cosmos > 1980 at 21:09, Cosmos 1220 at 21:10, and Lacrosse 3 at > 21:14 (which gave a bright glint). All were on a very > similar track, N to S through Cygnus. Then at 21:18 I > saw a pair of satellites moving in tandem along nearly > the same path as the previous satellites. The two > satellites were separated by about 5 degrees of arc > with a magnitude of 4 or 4.5, passing a little closer > to the zenith toward Lyra. There was nothing in the > heavens-above predictions for them. Can anyone help me > identify this satellite pair? Welcome to SeeSat-L, Kevin. A pair of Iridiums may be a match. Try running predictions on 99032A / 25777 and 98021F / 25290. Normally, non-flaring Iridium's are closer to mag 6, but mag 4 is not impossible. Ted Molczan ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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