On 1 Apr 2012 , from 21h52 to 21h54 UTC, I took 8 successive photos of Comet GARRAD in UMa (10-sec duration each). I had the surprize to record also 2 very slow satellites on these photos I identified them using Calsky, and they turned out to be : . object 90 046 , 2005-864-A , unknown 051230 , altitude 26 898 km, mag prev 11.2 ; rather obvious on all the photos . object 37139 , 2010 -041 C, Debris, altitude 19 159 km , mag prev 12.6 ; not so easy to spot, not far from the limiting magnitude Both satellites passed closer than 0.5 degree by the comet. It's not uncommon that I notice a very slow satellite in one of my large-field photos (6°x4°), especially within the geostationnary area, but that's first time I have got two, moreover so close to each other and not far from the zenith. Alain Figer 48.67 N ; 2.13 E ; 170 m a.s.l. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/private/seesat-l/attachments/20120407/6c982933/attachment.html _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l
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