Hello All, I'm a new subscriber, a 42 year old geologist living in Houston, TX. I've been fascinated with astronomy and night sky gazing for a long time, and last night I saw something I can't readily explain. At approximately 6:45 CST, I saw a satellite approaching from the NW. It was on a path to go directly overhead. I could distinguish only one other star in the sky at that time, due to light pollution and weather; the sat. was just slightly brighter than the star. About 10-15 degrees before it reached it's maximum altitude, it stopped moving completely. It remained stationary for several minutes; I had positioned it relative to a phone line and it had no apparent movement. Then it started moving again. Then I saw a second satellite approaching from the W-NW. It too stopped moving completely for a couple minutes then continued. It's maximum altitude was ~ 70 deg. I saw a third satellite a few minutes later, which acted quite normally. I'm sure there are good explanations for what I saw and would greatly appreciate hearing them. I checked H-A and can't quite match what they listed with what I saw,let alone that stationary business. My apologies for the length of this message. Many thanks and happy night watching, Wynne Walker 29.763 -95.363 ****************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it from the ElPaso Corporation are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the sender. ****************************************************************** ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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