Answer: go to www.heavens-above.com put in your location, click on "Daily Predictions for Brighter Satellites". Depending on how dark your sky is, dozens can be visible. Always fun to see and identify.
Craig N6RSX
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Joe Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2013 2:18 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [amsat-bb] Possible Mystery Spacecraft?
Howdy All,
I have no ideas as to where to possibly look for an answer to this.
But of course we have all seen satellites, crosing the night sky. and seen them in binoculars. and even ever more rarely while using a telescope viewing something in the sky happen to have one of these things go zipping past.
But a buddy of mine was viewing Saturn the other night, and he spied something moving. very small and faint. It was almost like a moon of Saturn itself, but of course these do not move so fast you can see them move.
This was moving in the same plane and directions of the moons. at a estimated speed of about 0.02 degrees a minute.
It was passing right through the field with Saturn.
Saturn was located at.
celestial location 14H, 17m, 50s -11 deg 00 min,,20 sec
az 196 deg 16 min el 34 deg 04min
Viewing location near Dodgeville, WI. +42.96103 W 90.12580
anyone have a way to try to learn what this interloper may have been?
Joe WB9SBD -- Sig The Original Rolling Ball Clock Idle Tyme Idle-Tyme.com http://www.idle-tyme.com _______________________________________________ Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
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