To Alex, Ted, Marco and others, I'm sorry for the confusion, and I appreciate your patience. Next time, I'll include UT dates/times and also my location (I can't believe I let that slip!). Thank you all for your help! Best regards, Bob On Mon, May 17, 2021 at 5:37 AM alex <alexander.duytschaever_at_gmail.com> wrote: > Possible candidates: (source: Stellarium) > > - 1998-067RA / NORAD 45257 - I think this is related to the ISS > - Starlink-1753 > - Starlink-2428 > > -alex- > > note: I had a very hard time trying to decode the "1227 am CDT" - it > contains a lot of hurdles for "non-americans" (the am/pm thing, especially > around "12" draws a lot of brain bytes, and "CDT" needs a lookup, and then > I hope DST has been accounted for). (this is why ISO-8601 > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601> was created, to solve this kind > of issues, especially when working in a global community) > > so I think the answer to my problem is 16T0027-05:00 ;-) > > > On Sun, May 16, 2021 at 4:37 PM Bob King via Seesat-l <seesat-l_at_satobs.org> > wrote: > >> Hi everyone, >> >> Early this morning, during a May16,12:27 a.m. CDT pass of the ISS, I >> noticed a fainter satellite preceding the station along nearly the same >> track. Their separation decreased during the pass from about 10° to 2° >> (perspective effect?). I'm curious if the two were related or if it was >> strictly a coincidence. The second satellite gradually brightened during >> its run from about magnitude 4.5 to 3. >> >> Thank you for your help in identifying this object. >> >> Best regards, >> Bob >> _______________________________________________ >> Seesat-l mailing list >> http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l >> > _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-lReceived on Mon May 17 2021 - 09:42:38 UTC
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