Re: Very bright object

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A quick check reveals that SeaSat (10967, 78-064A) made a pass over you
that closely matches the time and position.   It is one of those 
satellites that can be very bright as you describe when all the angles 
are right.

Cheers,
Brian Hunter
Kingston, Ontario Canada

bkh@chem.queensu.ca

            
On Sat, 20 Jan 1996, Kim Pettersson wrote:

> Maybee someone is intrested in identifying this object ?
> 
> 20 jan 1995  56.59N 18.22E  Gotland,Sweden
> 
> At abt 04:04:10 to 04:05:50(GMT) passing almost overhead trough Ursa
> Major(between delta/gamma, very close to Dubhe)
> to NorthWest
> 
> Magnitude about the same as Arcturus (-0.04 ?)
> Yellow color, steady brightness. 
> 
> /Kip
> Kim Pettersson  (SM1TDX)
> kip@oden.se    kip@gotlandica.se
> 
> 
> 

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