Hello Fellow See-Saters- re: my recent posting: >I hate to ask, but I have seen something unusual... a *VERY* low sat, a >tumbling >rocket, EXTREMELY BRIGHT, with a period of about 3-ish seconds... >An unexpected find: > Time Appx 01:03 UTC 24 May 1997 > Loc Boston, MA, USA 42.3567N, -71.0569W >Brilliant, very low (high Mean motion) object >Passed south of Regulus, Azim 234 El=47 >from West to East just under Arcturus, >Azim 127 el=57deg > and down toward the south East... >FAST. >I don't usually ask, but any ideas? I would like to image this object with our >tracking cameras, but it does no seem to be in our elsets... I believe that this must have been #23907 Noss 2-3 r, if so it was *VERY* late! The path looks correct, and the motion was so fast it must have been under 400km ... also a flast flasher of appx 3 secs. So, If this was #23907, I must say I am impressed! I will take some hi-res images of it shortly, and post them to see-sat of anyone else is interested... Thanks, Ron Dantowitz Museum of Science, Boston