> If they were really geostationary - not very bright for a very short time > while moving at an inclination - they should all have nearly the same > declination. > This is not the case here. One above Sirius and beta CMa is around -12 deg, > which is not the "Clarke belt" (named after Arthur C Clarke) Observing from this high latitude (around 50 deg N) the GEO ring extends from 15 to 45 deg in elevation, if looking south (-22 to 8 deg in declination). There is a lot of debris (old satellites and upper stages). So, I could imagine that some of those flare or flash also. The maximum inclination these objects can have is 15 deg to both sides of the equator. Sebastian ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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