Hello, Skymap showed two sats moving between Rigel & M42, but much closer to M42, based on the given times and coordinates, sans altitude. 90081BR moving S to N and Cosmos 1526 moving N - S. Both were passing the area between 18:55 and 18:56 local. Skymap indicated no shadow entries. So the question is do either satellites tumble/rotate/flash? Perhaps one of the more experienced can add a comment to this or suggest another candidate. Jim Pandini Gianfranco wrote: > Hi, > this evening, January 31, I probably and casually observed a satellite > in the Orion Constellation; really I was expecting the Meteor Priroda > (nr. 12585) to take a picture. At 6.55 pm local time (5.55 pm U.T) I > observed for about 3 sec. a light slowly turned off like a satellite > that enter in the Earth shadow. This light was among Rigel-M42-k Orion. > Can anyone send me informations if it was a satellite? > > Thanks from Gianfranco > Italy, 45° 24' N - 9° 38' E > > pandini@chizzoli.it