On June 19 (UTC) I saw an eastbound unidentified satellite
pass very near Spica at "very roughly about a quarter to
possibly one-half degree north of Spica (alpha VIR), or
about RA 13:25.2, Dec. -10.9 [2000], at 2:19:01.5."
Well, earlier tonight I may have seen it again (or if not
then another one). Again I was at the Ney Museum, 30.307N,
97.727W, 150m.
I was looking at Jupiter during a six-minute gap between
early twilight predictions, and a satellite maybe at least
magnitude +4 went just south of it, headed east. I grabbed
and clicked my stopwatch as quickly as possible. So that
yields a rough position of:
02:31:10 RA 16:38.2 DEC -21.9 (2000)
I tracked it past groups of stars and clicked two or three
times. Finally it went very near the following position:
02:33:19 RA 19:37.0 DEC -7.15 (2000)
For part of the time between those two positions it was
easy to see in the twilight without binoculars and so may
have gotten as bright as mag. +2.
Later in the evening USA 3 (84-065C, 15071) did some
spectacular flashes visible without binoculars.
I saw 22 objects visible without binoculars in spite of
giving up early due to being eaten alive by mosquitoes.
Somehow I failed to have a prediction for the new flashing
Cosmos rocket that Mike observed. I would have been
looking for that one!
Ed Cannon - Austin, Texas, USA
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