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Old 16-05-2012, 10:52 AM
WingnutR32 (Sam)
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Spotting satellites

Hi all,

I am quite well able to pick satellites using Heavens Above and Starry Night and it works very well. I am even able to track some of them through my HEQ5 and Starry Night.

I have one question though. Where do I go when I am unable to identify a satellite? I had one come past last night at 6:22pm in the south, straight past zenith towards Mars (North) at 6:23pm. It caught my attention because the brightness was constantly changing through either an artificial light strobe, or it was tumbling.

Heavens Above and Starry Night both were unable to tell me what it was.

My location was -35.451455,149.121494

Cheers
Sam
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