While stargazing the night of September 8 from Erie, PA USA (42.072N 80.143W) around 21:30 EDT or September 9 01:30 UT three of us saw a widely spaced trio of satellites travelling North at zenith at approx mag -1. No joke, they were obviously brighter than vega at 0 mag. They slowly dimmed as they travelled North. I have seen the NOSS's on several occasions and this trio appeared more widely spaced than them. I ran in and checked H-A but none were predicted for this time, not to mention I've never seen the NOSS's brighter than around 5 mag. I live in moderate light pollution and regularly observe Iridium's. On a remote chance I ran Rob Matson's IridFlar v2.21 but found no matches there either (I realize Iridium's are not trio's but I don't have that many resources to check). Sorry I don't have more specific info, we were just kicking back after a hard day of work. Any help appreciated. Thanks, Bill __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com ----------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from SeeSat-L, send a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@satobs.org List archived at http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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