On Wednesday 03 April 2002 19:59, Chuck Hards wrote:
Did anyone else see a satellite pass just east (above) the comet at 7:48 local time tonight (Wed.)?
Chuck
Yes, Moving in a NE direction at a pretty good pace... I grabbed a pair of 10x binos, but could not make out anymore that I did with the naked eye. Orange in color.. I searched thru the databases I have loaded in XEphem, but the only object that I find in the area, moving at about the right pace and direction, is METEOR 1-4 Sky List: Topocentric Apparent place, Epoch 2002.26, 4/03/2002 19:47:26 MST Name RA Dec Az Alt VMag Elong RisTm TrnTm TrnAlt SetTm Type --------------------- ----------- ----------- --------- --------- ---- ------ ----- ----- ------ ----- ---- METEOR 1-4 23:59:48.07 69:48:31.4 340:40:45 28:03:07 21:19 NoTrn NoTran 19:52 Earth Sat Warren. -- Warren Stockton mailto:Warren.Stockton@XMission.com