Hi everyone, Several of us saw an object this weekend that looked like a satellite, but it seems like it should not have been one! I'll give some details below, but in short, it looked like it was in an ISS-type orbit (50-60 degree inclination) EXCEPT that this object was travelling in the opposite direction (making it like a 120-130 inclination orbit). I used the latest elements from Space Track in the program Heavensat, but I did not find anything that came close. Any idea what it was? Observing location: Pittsburgh PA USA (40.6 N, 79.8 W) Date and time: June 7 2015, 2:30 UT Rough path: below Lyra (33 degrees elevation, 78 deg azimuth = 18h 52 m RA, 28 deg 48' decl) to just east of Corvus (24 deg elevation, 198 deg azimuth = 12h 58 m RA, -22 deg 50' decl) plus or minus 5 degrees Magnitude: 3, steady brightness Speed: low earth orbit (300-600 miles?) P.S. I've been an observer for many, many years but not very active for the past few years. I am starting to get back into the swing of things, and I'm glad to see so many familiar names on the Seesat list now that I have re-joined. John Holtz "Those who never lookup avoid the cow manure, but that is all they every see" _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-lReceived on Mon Jun 08 2015 - 21:56:09 UTC
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