I would have to consider the possibility that he simply lost track of a satellite (distracted, clouds, whatever) and his adjusting vision fixed on a star for a few minutes. Stephen Home Page: stephmon.com Satellite Hunting: sathunt.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bjorn Gimle" <b_gimle@algonet.se> To: "FM" <frmo@club-internet.fr>; "diffusion générale seesat-l" <SeeSat-L@satobs.org> Sent: Friday, November 16, 2001 03:58 PM Subject: Re: Re new subscriber with a question > I do not object to the explanations given, but when there are very few > reference points (high up in the sky), it is possible to imagine that a > moving object halts. > This idea fails if the duration of the "pause" is so long, that it would be > expected to move 20 degrees or more. > > ----- Original Message ----- > ... > > time"...So you were not in ideal condition for seeing satellites because > > their magnitude are under those of main stars. You can be sure the > > moving brightness point you saw were not satellites... > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > 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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