Was doing some casual telescope observing and while lining up on Albireo through the spotting scope saw a sat going by and decided to follow it. So I followed it from Albireo as it moved from north to south. Eventually as it got close to the southern horizon just before passing through the Scorpions tail, it passed right through open cluster M7 and an airliner shortly after that. I didn't get a good time on it as I didn't have my watch on me, but when I came inside after losing the sat completely, it was about 8:18 pm. location: 118.00 west 33.8 north time: between 20:00 and 20:18 PDT (UTC -7) direction: north to south, passing close to Albireo and thought M7 brightness: slow erratic variation, maybe a tumbling rocket body? I can't find it in what TLE's I can find on the web. Can anyone ID this for me? It's much appreciated. Brian -- http://www.skywise711.com - Lasers, Seismology, Astronomy, Skepticism Seismic FAQ: http://www.skywise711.com/SeismicFAQ/SeismicFAQ.html Sed quis custodiet ipsos Custodes? ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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