>Last night, Sep08, I saw a sat with a constant mag of about +1 going >south-north. Thinking it would be easy to identify I only made a note >of the time it passed Polaris, which was 21.20.40 GMT. However, upon >checking alldat.tle, the only fit seems to be Resurs 1-4Rk. So...... >1. Does anyone know if this object could be that bright? It can be that bright (it is a Zenith2, 10.4 x 3.6 m ??) I happened to see it rising to 80+ degrees, within one second of = predictions. Other obs: USA 89 rk 19:49:55.3 RA 18.124 decl. +10.8 (1950) USA 89 rk 19:50:50.0 RA 19.919 decl. + 6.6 (higher than predicted; = only mag.4) USA 86 20:11:36.2 RA 19.607 decl. +29.55 (all times UT) USA 129 missed.