"local time" is always confusing to foreigners like me. Are you on GMT/UTC or W.Europe standard UTC+1? Also SSE-SSW can be or more widely scattered horizon position are vague - if you have a position within say 10 degrees of a star - or even a comet - a more accurate ID comes from stating the direction of motion in the binocular field (relative to the vertical) in a clock hand or degree way (towards 12h=0 deg, 3h=90 deg) -- Björn Gimle -- -- COSPAR 5917, STAR, +18.05447 (E), +59.34185 (N), 33 m -- -- COSPAR 5918 WGS84, +18.10127 (E), +59.29813 (N), 44 m -- -- COSPAR 5919, MALMA, +18.6206 (E), +59.2615 (N), 33 m -- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marcus Clark" <marcus_j_clark@hotmail.com> To: "SeeSat Posts" <seesat-l@satobs.org> Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2009 7:21 AM Subject: Vague Observations Near Comet Lulin Hi!Whilst observing comet Lulin from Torquay UK (50.48N 3.53W) I was surprised by two satellites just visible in my 10x50s. The first rose in the south around 5.45 local time and passed just to the left of Zubenalgenubi in Libra, whilst the second was descending from SSE to SSW and flared near the horizon around 5.51 local time. Ha ha-I know these observations are appallingly vague but anyone got any idea what these two satellites were? ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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