Paul Heisig wrote: > Hi, > Saw an interesting sight the other night, found this > group and figured I'd ask if anyone can tell me what I > was looking at. The skies were very clear. > > Location: Averill Park, NY 42 39 36 N 73 31 54 W > (WGS84/NAD83) > Date/Time: 8-26-05, between 10:30 and 10:40pm EDT (-4 > UTC) > > I saw three dim satellites, moving in unison to the > Northeast or North-Northeast through 10 x 50 > binoculars. I could not see them with the naked eye. > The objects were arranged like a greatly flattened > isosceles triangle moving sideways. Welcome to SeeSat-L, Paul. You saw the NOSS 2-3 triad. Here is Heavens-Above's plot of the pass you observed: http://www.heavens-above.com/PassDetails.asp?SatID=23908&lat=42.634&lng=-73.554& alt=237&loc=Averill+Park&TZ=EST&Date=38591.1130499052 There is more information about NOSS here: http://www.satobs.org/noss.html Ted Molczan ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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