A week or so ago, I was checking some observatory equipment and noticed what appeared to be a bright nova - mag 1-2 and no detectable movement. I took a couple of pictures and, you will have guessed, it was moving but very slowly for a bright sat - ca 20' per minute if my image measurements are correct. Are there many sats that can be so bright and so high up? I checked a few TLEs that I could find but nothing matched. The happy days of 'allsats.tle' seem to have gone so my search was far from exhaustive. I was, of course, hoping for an undetected small NEO! If anyone is interested I can supply the images and times. Regards Bev COAA ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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