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Old 04-08-2011, 08:49 PM
Jerous
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I think I saw a Satellite...

I was in the back yard tonight, setting up my telescope and bring things out of the house.

At 5:58-6:00pm ( I checked the time after I saw it ). I saw what looked like a mid to faint star, except it was tracking smoothly through the early evening sky at quite a fast pace. Not shooting star pace though, and it stayed at the same brightness for a long time. I didn't have my Binoculars out yet, so I didn't get a closer look at it but I watched it track through the sky for a while.

I know it was not a plane because I observed quite a few a bit later with my binos. This looked WAYYYY higher than the planes were and was just a dot.

If you took the mid point between Rigil Kent and Hadar. Then the mid point between Spica and Arcturus. And then drew a line between those points, that was roughly the line it took. ( Sorry explaining it as best I can ).

Since it was just after sunset, was it a satellite that still had the sun reflecting off it, hence the brightness? If so is there anyway to track down what Satellite I saw? I am keeping an observing log, I'd love to find the name of it.

I've checked a few free Sat tracking sites but I can't see anything matching it.

Last edited by Jerous; 04-08-2011 at 09:07 PM.
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