Some of us have been looking at amateur images of what may be an astronomical transient source, and we’d like to rule out a satellite glint before getting too far along. It appears in a 30-second exposure, and the slightly defocussed image allows maybe a couple of arcminutes of N-S motion. So for the hive mind - from Lat: 53.5 degree N Longitude: 2.24 degrees W Time: 5/29/16 22:10 GMT was there a plausible satellite pass within a couple of degrees of Mizar? (More precisely, RA 13 32 07.4 dec +54 11 42 equinox 2000 ) This appears in only one of a series of 6 exposures, and would have to be either a high flier or very fast flash not to show more motion. Thanks, Bill Keel -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- William C. Keel 205-348-1641 (office) Professor, Physics and Astronomy 205-348-5051 (fax) Box 870324 205-348-5050 (dept.) University of Alabama http://astronomy.ua.edu/keel <http://astronomy.ua.edu/keel> Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0324, U.S.A. wkeel_at_ua.edu <mailto:wkeel_at_as.ua.edu> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-lReceived on Wed Mar 29 2017 - 11:25:38 UTC
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