Op 13-2-2011 10:05, Rodney Austin schreef: > Hi All, > At approx 8:28 UT 13 FEb, I observed a very bright (~1 mag) satellite moving > virtually due north between Orion and Gemini, from New Plymouth, New Zealand > (39.1deg South,174.1 deg East). > I have done a search on HeavensAbove, and the plotted sky track agrees with > Lacrosse 4, but is almost a *half hour late*. No other object remotely fits > the path and brightness. It faded into the Earth's shadow about 5 degrees SE > of Castor and Pollux. Any ideas as to what it was? > Cheers > Rod Austin Rod, If you mean 5 degrees NE rather than SE, it could be the SL-8 rocket stage 77-036B. It passed through the line Castor and Pollux at about 8:31:00, slightly closer to Castor than Pollux. - Marco ----- Dr Marco Langbroek - SatTrackCam Leiden, the Netherlands. e-mail: sattrackcam@wanadoo.nl Cospar 4353 (Leiden): 52.15412 N, 4.49081 E (WGS84), +0 m ASL Cospar 4354 (De Wilck): 52.11685 N, 4.56016 E (WGS84), -2 m ASL SatTrackCam: http://home.wanadoo.nl/marco.langbroek/satcam.html Station (b)log: http://sattrackcam.blogspot.com ----- _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l
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