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At 11:10 7/01/06, skywise wrote:
>Last night while observing Saturn at 60x in unusually clear skies for
>the LA basin, I had an slow moving interloper pass by.
>
>Date/Time: 06-01-06 08:05 UT  +- 1 min
>  Location: 33.80N 118.00W
>Direction: from SW to NE
>Magnitude: 9 max
>
>It wasn't moving very fast as I was able to follow it easily using the
>RA and Dec knobs.

Brian, I get no suspects for Jan 6, but the same one as Kevin F
for Jan 5. #15836 85 38G. Object is one of 3 Star48 upper stages
used to launch 3 comsats from the Shuttle cargo bay.
Its in a GTO transfer orbit, with an inclination of 25 degrees.
Tony Beresford

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