Hi, I checked with the TLEs from 10 045 objects and I could not find a match for any of the tracks on the image. At the time it was taken, most LEO sats were in shadow in that area of the sky. I noticed a faint third parallel track in addition to the two we see at the center. This makes me believe these tracks are from a plane. If we compare the brightness of these 3 parallel tracks with the brightness of the 2 flashes (orange marks), these flashes could well have been made by a flashing light on a plane (strobe ?)but not necessarily the same. The track creatd by these two flashes is almost in the same direction as the 3 parallel tracks. I've processed your image to enhance the third track. It can be seen here : http://www.obsat.com/images/NGC2903unknown.jpg So I doubt these tracks and flashes are from satellites, but I'm not sure. Observatory coordinates used for the analysis : 25.51 N 80.59 W (Are they right ?) Best regards Daniel Deak Webmestre, site Obsat Pompier, municipalite de L'Avenir, Quebec COSPAR site 1747 : 45.7275°N, 72.3526°W, 191 m., UTC-5:00 Site en francais sur les satellites: French-language satellite web site : http://www.obsat.com -----Message d'origine----- De : amstuart [mailto:amstuart@sprintmail.com] Envoyé : 17 mars 2007 23:52 À : seesat-l@satobs.org Objet : Assistance with Identification Hi: I am imaging NGC 2903, image centered at RA: 09h 32m 38.1s Dec: +21°29'05" . Image is a 600 second exposure, 2.75 arc-sec/pixel, North is up, East to left. Imaging time DATE-OBS= '2007-03-18T02:01:16.6' / UT ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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