[amsat-bb] Re: Possible Mystery Spacecraft?

[Rick Tejera]

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
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-----Original Message-----
From: amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On
Behalf Of D. Craig Fox
Sent: Wednesday, 12 June, 2013 17:24
To: 'Joe'; amsat-bb at amsat.org
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


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From: amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On
Behalf Of Joe
Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2013 2:18 PM
To: amsat-bb at amsat.org
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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