Ted, I've tried using Astrometry.net again - I removed the satellite trail so that detection was only on the stars in the image. I've checked against other star charts and it looks like this is correct. http://live.astrometry.net/status.php?job=alpha-201107-45915952 John On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 4:47 PM, Ted Molczan <ssl3molcz@rogers.com> wrote: > I would be grateful for assistance in identifying at least one of the stars in this photo: > > http://aswa.info/images/sputnik.jpg > > The photo reportedly is of Sputnik 1's rocket body, photographed from Perth, Australia, on 1957 Oct 09 UTC. I have an > accurate orbit for around that date, which seems not to pass any of the stars in the photo, which leads me to suspect > that the date and/or satellite's identity is incorrect. > > Ted Molczan > > > _______________________________________________ > Seesat-l mailing list > http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l > _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l
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