I need help with an ID. I tried all of Mike McCant's and Dave Ransom's current TLE files with no success. While taking the trash out this evening (5-11-04) I was admiring the sky and saw a flsh in the general vicinity of Alpha Hydra in the south west. Thought at first it was a plane but saw nothing more. Then another flash about 5 seconds later. Definately not a plane. I continued to stare in that area for another good 30 seconds and saw nothing more so I dumped my trash and headed back to the house. On the way back I was looking towards Gemini and saw a flash just south east of Pollux. Continuing to stare I saw another flash very close to Castor about 5 seconds later. I presumed I was seeing the same satellite which was moving from south to north. So I continued to watch along the apparent track further north and thought I saw some dim flashes but not sure. I didn't have my watch on me but when I got back in the house it was 9:14 pm, PDT (4:14UT 5-12-04). The basic track appeared to be polar moving from south to north culminating in the west at about 40-45 degrees altitude. Location: 118.0 west 33.8 north ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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