Re: SAT TRACK PHOTO
JAY RESPLER (jrespler@superlink.net)
Mon, 20 Sep 1999 03:13:46 -0400
Allen Thomson wrote:
>
> Jay Respler said,
> > Sky & Telescope, 10/99, p142, photo of Orion Nebula.
> > Has 6 satellites crossing directly over the nebula. 4 are parallel.
> > 2 are parallel crossing the others at a right angle.
> > Unusual picture. Who wants to identify them all?
>
> Don't have the picture yet. Is there a time, date, observing place given?
For those that don't get S&T, you should be able to see it in the
library.
The info with the photo says 40 minute exposure by Conrad Pope.
Taken last March 7 from Kelly, North Carolina. 4 moving w -e.
2 moving in N-S orbits.
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