BENHINSPETER
11-06-2012, 07:37 AM
Howdy All,
Got up this morning to look for Venus but its still behind those :mad2: trees.
But Jupiter looked sweet!
Then, maybe around 0550, I saw a bright flash to the left and a few degrees higher than Jupiter. So by Stellarium, sort of in between Perseus and Taurus, maybe about 20 deg from the horizon at my latitude (Tindal NT).
I then saw it twice more moments later seeming to move right, each time a little closer to Jupiter. Ofcouse I wanted to see this through my bino's so I scanned the proximity but there were either no more flashes or I missed them with my FOV.
So..Satelite? Im putting my money on that. When I came inside, Stellarium showed that OAO3 (Copernicus) was nearing Jupiter but it was travelling in the wrong direction.
It was cool to see it...anyone else see it?
Cheers
:thumbsup:
Ben.
Got up this morning to look for Venus but its still behind those :mad2: trees.
But Jupiter looked sweet!
Then, maybe around 0550, I saw a bright flash to the left and a few degrees higher than Jupiter. So by Stellarium, sort of in between Perseus and Taurus, maybe about 20 deg from the horizon at my latitude (Tindal NT).
I then saw it twice more moments later seeming to move right, each time a little closer to Jupiter. Ofcouse I wanted to see this through my bino's so I scanned the proximity but there were either no more flashes or I missed them with my FOV.
So..Satelite? Im putting my money on that. When I came inside, Stellarium showed that OAO3 (Copernicus) was nearing Jupiter but it was travelling in the wrong direction.
It was cool to see it...anyone else see it?
Cheers
:thumbsup:
Ben.