Folks,
Can any of the local experts assist in the identifictaion of this
fellow's observation. His coordinates are 34-deg 35' S and 150-deg 46' E.
Anthony.
> Hi everyone,
>
> while observing the comet (A2 LINEAR) last night through my 20x80
> binoculars, I finally saw what some people have been reporting on this
> newsgroup. At approx. 09:18UT (May 14, 2001), a trio of satellites
> passed right in front of the comet, all travelling at exactly the same
> speed. They were arranged in a triangular formation, and (to me)
> resembled the outline of a Concorde jet. They flew from north to
> south.
>
> I was thrilled to see them, as this formation was reported in this
> newsgroup previously. It was also quite impressive they passed right
> in front of the comet. Talk about shallow sky! :-)
>
> I understand these are military surveillance satellites. Does anyone
> here have any more info on these? (Or any URLs of interest that you
> could point me towards?)
>
> TIA.
>
> Regards,
>
> Rudi
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