Re: Two bright satellites

From: Ed Cannon (ecannon@mail.utexas.edu)
Date: Fri Jun 04 2004 - 04:09:24 EDT

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J. Thomas Jeffrey wrote:

>... June 4 at 0605 UT ... just north of the star Spica ... two very 
>bright objects very close together heading north.  ... estimate 
>magnitude -4). ... Within a minute they were no longer visible to 
>the naked eye. I followed them with my binoculars.  Both of them 
>were visible within the same field of view about 3 degrees apart.
>...
>Crater Lake National Park, Oregon USA  42.53 N  -122. 08 W 6,400 feet

NOSS 3-2 A and C (03-054A and C, 28095 and 28097) appear to be 
reasonable candidates.  

Ed Cannon - ecannon@mail.utexas.edu - Austin, Texas, USA

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