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Originally Posted by astroron
Thanks for your post Rob 
I just revisited the pictures , Now I see the whole picture 
I now admit I don't know what it is 
Cheers |
Yep, me too Ron. But I did find this on geosynchronous satellites:
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Typically the satellite will be in the mag. +11 to +14 range (or dimmer), but brightening by several magnitudes when the geometry is favourable (around mag. +5 to +6 is not untypical). One satellite is reported to have briefly been visible to the naked eye at mag. +3 !"
http://www.satobs.org/geosats.html
Jason's object is at least that bright. Brightest I've photographed would be about mag 7 or 8, from memory, always a dot - I mean, they're about 35,000 km away! So the shape of Jason's object & its orientation worries me, given that his focus appears to be absolutely spot on.
Oh well, one of life's little mysteries...
Cheers -