Re: June 10, 2017 (UTC) moon crossing by possible satellite, viewed from Washington, DC

From: Thierry Legault via Seesat-l <seesat-l_at_satobs.org>
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2017 00:00:02 +0100
Hi Marco that depends, for example on next 
Thursday, 100 km from my home, calsky predicts a 
lunar transit lasting 4.2 second. Of course the 
Moon is low on the horizon (about 11°) and 
according to calsky the apparent size of the ISS is about 20".

regards

At 23:34 11/12/2017, Marco Langbroek via Seesat-l wrote:
>Hi Phil, 4 seconds is a much too long duration 
>for a satellite transit over the moon. It 
>probably was a balloon, a bird or a high-flying aircraft. - Marco

Thierry Legault
www.astrophoto.fr


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