I just saw a two bird formation moving slowing than any satellite I have ever seen.. 10:30 PM from Martinez, CA.. Moving inline, about a degree apart, moving north to south in an apparent polar orbit.. Spot them in Corona, and I lost them about 45 degrees up in the South as I tried to point them out to my Eagle Eyed Wife.. Could have used the laser, if it wasn't packed for my move Sunday to Dark Skies... Any idea what the two I saw are??? Very Cool.. Derek www.poyntsource.com/New/index.htm -----Original Message----- From: Greg Williams [mailto:k4hsm@knology.net] Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 10:10 PM To: seesat-l@satobs.org Subject: Re: Help Needed to Identify 3 Satellite Formation Kevin took a video of NOSS 2-1: http://www.kfetter.com/satvideo/noss/NOSS%202-1.wmv Ive seen these birds only once before some 15 years ago (incredibly faint, a streetlamp 300' away obscured them in an area otherwise unpolluted by light) and they are fascinating to watch. Greg Ted Molczan wrote: > Chris Zietkiewicz wrote: > > >> Ted, I recall a maximum elevation of about 70 to 75 degrees >> on a compass heading of 60 degrees >> > > Your observation report is in reasonable agreement with the NOSS 2-1 > triad. > > The US STRATCOM catalogue numbers of the three NOSS 2-1 objects are > 20691, 20692 and 20642. > > Here is a plot of object 20691 on the pass you observed: > > http://www.heavens-above.com/PassDetails.asp?Session=kebgcphanmhenddaj > dfegchm&sa > tid=20691&date=39597.1842208796 > > Information on the NOSS satellites is available here: > > http://www.satobs.org/noss.html > > Ted Molczan > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > --- > Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: > http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html > > > > -- Gregory S. Williams gregwilliams(at)knology.net k4hsm(at)knology.net http://www.etskywarn.net http://www.twiar.org http://www.icebearnation.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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