You may have mistaken beta UMa for alpha - it is very obvious that you saw one of the Navy Ocean Surveillance System trios : NOSS 2-3 (D) 3.0 2.0 0.0 5.7 v 5 1 23862U 96029D 03080.85181165 0.00000030 00000-0 51381-4 0 01 2 23862 63.4230 20.1730 0145000 1.5522 358.4479 13.40435558 07 NOSS 2-3 (C) 3.0 2.0 0.0 5.7 v 5 1 23908U 96029C 03080.85182537 0.00000030 00000-0 51467-4 0 01 2 23908 63.4230 20.0058 0143000 356.7110 3.2891 13.40435980 08 NOSS 2-3 (E) 3.0 2.0 0.0 5.7 v 5 1 23936U 96029E 03080.85187982 0.00000030 00000-0 51381-4 0 06 2 23936 63.4230 20.1805 0145000 1.5448 358.4553 13.40435760 07 They are in McCants.tle, normally mag +5.7 at 1000 km but now and then they can reach +1 or +2 In the attached SkyMap (Rob Matson) graph I have connected the predicted positions at 21:37:40 to show the triangular arrangement. You can also see an Iridium entering Earth shadow, and two Meteor rockets leaving it, at around the same time and place. -- bjorn.gimle@tietotech.se (office) -- -- b_gimle@algonet.se (home) http://www.algonet.se/~b_gimle -- -- COSPAR 5919, MALMA, 59.2576 N, 18.6172 E, 23 m -- -- COSPAR 5918, HAMMARBY, 59.2985 N, 18.1045 E, 44 m -- ----- Original Message ----- > Ra: 11h08m Dec:+61d41' > > A trio of bright (~2.5mag) satellites spreading about 1.5-2 degrees, heading > south. > Very surprising. > I checked it in Starry Night Pro with the "mccants" file from > http://users2.ev1.net/~mmccants/tles/index.html > > No result. Isn't that mysterious???? Can anyone identify it? > ----------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from SeeSat-L, send a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@satobs.org List archived at http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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