I got my answer, thanks Mike McCants and Eddie Bellhouse - what a great resource is seesat-l. It was Milstar 3. The speed and time was accurate but the location wasn't reported to me well. It was in a region of stars that the observer knew was also a common geosynch region and also near where she watched Pluto years ago but she didn't tell me that. So it was actually 19 degrees further south than she told me and after seeing the plot of the satellite she confirmed the background stars. - George Roberts ----- Original Message ----- From: "George Roberts" <gr@gr5.org> > An experienced astronomer was hoping someone could identify a very slow moving > satellite. > Upper ophiuchus/lower hercules. > > It took about 70 seconds to cross the 7 degree FOV in her binoculars so this > would have a very high apogee. > > 71 28 56 W and 42 43 36N. > UTC: July 12 01:40 (plus or minus 2 minutes) > Location RA 17h 45 min DEC +16 0 min probably within 15 degrees > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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