A quick check reveals that SeaSat (10967, 78-064A) made a pass over you that closely matches the time and position. It is one of those satellites that can be very bright as you describe when all the angles are right. Cheers, Brian Hunter Kingston, Ontario Canada bkh@chem.queensu.ca On Sat, 20 Jan 1996, Kim Pettersson wrote: > Maybee someone is intrested in identifying this object ? > > 20 jan 1995 56.59N 18.22E Gotland,Sweden > > At abt 04:04:10 to 04:05:50(GMT) passing almost overhead trough Ursa > Major(between delta/gamma, very close to Dubhe) > to NorthWest > > Magnitude about the same as Arcturus (-0.04 ?) > Yellow color, steady brightness. > > /Kip > Kim Pettersson (SM1TDX) > kip@oden.se kip@gotlandica.se > > >