Nancy_D'Antuono@Brown.EDU wrote: > > At T.S. Kelso's web site he has the text of some of his articles on > computers and satellites from the magazine Satellite Times. One of the > articles mentions Gary Eldridge's observations of satellites' structures > as they transit the moon at night. The url is > > http://celestrak.com/columns/v03n03/index.html > > Regards, > > Nan D'Antuono > > Nancy_D'Antuono@Brown.EDU This reference is interesting to me - I once saw a black filled circle pass in front of the moon - it was in sharp focus and moved about as fast as satellites do and it was the size of Messier's crater ( a tiny crater). I bet it was a satellite... but my question is has anyone ever seen a satellite pass in front of the moon - confirmed with software? Any software that would predict such transits? -- Terry Pundiak, M.D. N3BDC Easton, PA lat 40.693389 N, long 75.26615 W