Dear All, Recently I had encountered with a problem of identification of observed maybe-satellite. It was quite bright, and observers decide it was UFO. I know that there are several online resourses (like Heavens-Above), but they (those I know) deal only with the current (or near-current) dates. However, the problem is that the observation was made SEVERAL YEARS AGO. Maybe, anybody could advice me why I could identify satellite in this case? It may be not only ISS or "Mir", but also one of (I guess) 10 brightest satellites. So, one should determine, which objects were quite bright at this date, and obtain data for them. And then calculate its position at the sky. A lot of work. What is the best way to do it? I am deliberately not provide you with exact date, because I would like to "learn fishing" insteag of simply "obtain a fish". Excuse me for my non-perfect English. Sincerely, S.Efimov,Ph.D., Astrophysical Institute, Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan efim@aphi.kz ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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