> I was wondering if someone could help in identifying a group of > satelites spotted by an amateur astronomer on March 11th. > > He reports seeing 4 satelites all in the same field of view in his 9x50 > finder scope, travelling N to S, at 3 am cst (about, he's not certain of > the exact time), near M71 (he was involved in a Messier Marathon at the > time). His location was was 32.47n and 96.42w. Other observers present > at the time confirmed 3 sats in the field. Through the period of > observation (about 1 minute) they maintained stable relative positions. > They were not visible naked eye. > > Any help would be appreciated. Thanks. The fact that you state "maintained stable relative positions" prob indicates a NOSS trio (http://www.satobs.org/noss.html) I ran some predictions for the time and place of observations and noted two sets, with +/-15mins of 3am CST travelling N-S. However, when I placed a 9x50 finder circle on M71 they missed, so not sure if these are real candidates or not. I have attached a star map showing M71 with a 9x50 finder circle and the relative tracks (track times are displayed in UTC not CST). [attachment removed on post to seesat-l list, if you really want it, please ask off list, thanks] I moved the obs time relative to each track time to see if any came within the finder circle, but none did. Close, but not within tolerance. Was the finder scope bang on M71? Regards Andy ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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