Hi Björn I still put my money on a simple stunt to publicise the the observatory :O) John. > Den 4 Mar 2004 skrev Björn Gimle: > > > No obvious satellite, but Venus was at az 262, alt 26 at 1900 local. > > > > If this was the explanation, they wouldn't be alone in this mistake. > > When I read http://satobs.org/seesat/Feb-2004/0015.html and > the replies (one of which mentioned publicity stunt), > I instead thought that "anyone keen to study the night sky could come to the observatory on Blackmoorfoot" implied > that they meant that the "satellite" was visible every > clear evening, and that it was Venus. > > And Venus has triggered UFO-satellite-Iridium reports before. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: > http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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