Re: Iridium 19 and M31

J. Lee Blanton (blanton@pe.net)
Sat, 19 Sep 1998 00:21:55 -0700

John Kocijanski wrote:

>Tonight I observed Iridium 19 at 8:36 EDT moving from southest to northeast
>across the sky very close to M31.  It was quite a sight.  Did anyone else
>see this?

Most folks at other locations would have a different line of sight to the
satellite and would therefore see different stars in the background.  Your
view close to M31 was probably a rare one!

Lee

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