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
Could have been a GPS satellite. They run about 1200 miles up and are about mag 10 or so. They'd move about that fast across the sky.
Kevin Muenzler, WB5RUE Eagle Creek Observatory http://www.eaglecreekobservatory.org I believe that all this hype of global warming is going to turn out to be nothing more than mother nature having a hot flash.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Joe Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2013 4:18 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
wouldn't that be 0.5 deg a minute?
That would be far too fast. Sig The Original Rolling Ball Clock Idle Tyme Idle-Tyme.com http://www.idle-tyme.com On 6/11/2013 4:35 PM, Kevin Muenzler, WB5RUE wrote:
Could have been a GPS satellite. They run about 1200 miles up and are about mag 10 or so. They'd move about that fast across the sky.
Kevin Muenzler, WB5RUE Eagle Creek Observatory http://www.eaglecreekobservatory.org I believe that all this hype of global warming is going to turn out to be nothing more than mother nature having a hot flash.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Joe Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2013 4:18 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
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I think they're closer to 12,000 miles up.
Dave, AA4KN
----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin Muenzler, WB5RUE" [email protected] To: "'Amsat-bb'" [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2013 5:35 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Possible Mystery Spacecraft?
Could have been a GPS satellite. They run about 1200 miles up and are about mag 10 or so. They'd move about that fast across the sky.
Kevin Muenzler, WB5RUE Eagle Creek Observatory http://www.eaglecreekobservatory.org I believe that all this hype of global warming is going to turn out to be nothing more than mother nature having a hot flash.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Joe Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2013 4:18 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
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I googled for the orbital period and got just under 12 hours for them, and that would be too fast. Sig The Original Rolling Ball Clock Idle Tyme Idle-Tyme.com http://www.idle-tyme.com On 6/11/2013 5:23 PM, [email protected] wrote:
I think they're closer to 12,000 miles up.
Dave, AA4KN
----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin Muenzler, WB5RUE" [email protected] To: "'Amsat-bb'" [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2013 5:35 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Possible Mystery Spacecraft?
Could have been a GPS satellite. They run about 1200 miles up and are about mag 10 or so. They'd move about that fast across the sky.
Kevin Muenzler, WB5RUE Eagle Creek Observatory http://www.eaglecreekobservatory.org I believe that all this hype of global warming is going to turn out to be nothing more than mother nature having a hot flash.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Joe Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2013 4:18 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
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Saw this on the CNN I Wonder if there is a Connection Also the New Superman Movie just came out LOL
Was it a bird? A Plane? Or a UFO?? Chinese passenger jet hits mysterious object at 26,000ft and lands with severely dented nose cone
73 De Don KA9QJG
On 06/11/2013 07:48 PM, Joe wrote:
I googled for the orbital period and got just under 12 hours for them, and that would be too fast. Sig The Original Rolling Ball Clock Idle Tyme Idle-Tyme.com http://www.idle-tyme.com On 6/11/2013 5:23 PM, [email protected] wrote:
I think they're closer to 12,000 miles up.
Dave, AA4KN
I suggest you to ask this question in the seesat mailing list (http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html)
73
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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Also, there is a back track function that will let you look back a few days. Look for a link near the top that says "previous" I'll take you back a day. Bear in mind you see the results using the current keps, so the further back you go, the less accurate your results will be. It is useful for identifying that sat you saw last night, though.
Rick Tejera (K7TEJ) Sagauro Astronomy Club www.saguaroastro.org Thunderbird Amatuer Radio Club www.w7tbc.org 30 Meter Digital Group # 5794 Feld Hell Club #3994 OMISS #8629
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of D. Craig Fox Sent: Wednesday, 12 June, 2013 17:24 To: 'Joe'; [email protected] Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Possible Mystery Spacecraft?
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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Last time there, I do not think you can have it display old stuff?
It was identified, (story to come) but it was also a major hmmmm, thing too.
Joe WB9SBD Sig The Original Rolling Ball Clock Idle Tyme Idle-Tyme.com http://www.idle-tyme.com On 6/12/2013 7:23 PM, D. Craig Fox wrote:
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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