William Chellis wrote: > I am hoping you can help me figure this out. > This evening, I was trying to locate comet swan from my home. > It was a little late for my location, as the hill and tree > line cut into my horizon significantly. But I tried anyway. I > took my 4.25" f/4 Star Blast reflector out and set it up. I > line up on the pointer from Ursa Major and start scanning in > the general area for the comet. I catch a glimpse of > movement, and recenter. Yes, a satelitte. I let the moving > dot slide on out of the frame, and just as it disappears, a > second, satelitte also appears. Whoa! What was that? > > I followed both of those points for over 2-minutes, before I > lost them in the trees. I tried to see the naked eye, but couldn't. > > They both appeared to be traveling at the same rate, and in > the same direction. General direction, NW to SE. I could keep > them both in the one telescopic field of view as I followed them. Welcome to SeeSat-L, William. You saw the NOSS 3-2 (Naval Ocean Surveillance System) two-satellite formation. Information on the NOSS satellites is available here: http://www.satobs.org/noss.html Here is Heavens-Above's prediction of the pass you observed: http://www.heavens-above.com/PassDetails.asp?SatID=28095&lat=41.397&lng=-73.076& alt=42&loc=Seymour&TZ=EST&Date=39005.0296647872 Ted Molczan ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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