Giving your coordinates (+date and UTC time) would always be helpful. H-A has three Martinez in California, the third too distant: Further guessing: your obs was May 29 10:30 PM PDT= May 30 05:30 UTC from 38.02N, 121.2 W At 05:31 you would have had NOSS 2-1 (C) and (E) two degrees apart in CrB, with (D) leading by 3.5 degrees, descending to the SE (not polar). They are sometimes brighter (than predicted +5.9), but not necessarily all three simultaneously. -- Björn Gimle -- -- COSPAR 5917, STAR, +18.05447 (E), +59.34185 (N), 33 m -- -- COSPAR 5918 WGS84, +18.10127 (E), +59.29813 (N), 44 m -- -- COSPAR 5919, MALMA, +18.6206 (E), +59.2615 (N), 33 m -- > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Derek C Breit" <breit_ideas@hotmail.com> > To: "'Greg Williams'" <k4hsm@knology.net>; <seesat-l@satobs.org> > Sent: Friday, May 30, 2008 7:43 AM > Subject: RE: Help Needed to Identify 3 Satellite Formation > > >>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.. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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