If you remember last week, there was an object or objects that passed nearly over M27 when an Italian amateur Paolo Lazzarotti was imaging. I assume you saw the animation. So, I am forwarding his e-mail at below for a possible conclusion. -- joe rao ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------- Everybody -- When I was thinking this image would have archieved as X file, an italian amateur has discovered what I imaged!! That was the trace of Molniya 3-38 russian satellite orbiting at 34528 kms elevation when imaging. The orbit is very elliptical (eccentricity: 0.7293984) because its apogee is at 36633 kms (the slow speed was due to that) and its perigee at only 352 kms. It has 2.21341 revolutions per day around Earth and it was launched in 1990. So now you can sleep! -- Ad astra per semper. \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ eng. Paolo R. Lazzarotti http://www.astromeccanica.it Italian High Quality Astro Instruments http://www.paololazzarotti.com Personal Photo Gallery ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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