In message , tony sayer
writes
In article , Tim Lamb
scribeth thus
In message , tony sayer
writes
In article , Tim Lamb
scribeth thus
I saw three over about 6 minutes, night before last. This area is
heavily light polluted with Luton, Stevenage, Welwyn/Hatfield, St.
Albans all within a few miles.
The sky was clear but a bit blurred by moisture vapour. I also saw what
appeared to be a satellite of some sort, travelling North - South and
much too fast to be an aircraft.
More than likely thats the International space station, thats doing IIRC
some 17,000 MPH...
But that goes West - East sort of...
http://www.isstracker.com/historical
Hmm... maybe. Definitely North South.
This thing appeared to tumble which I assume the ISS does not do.
That might have been diffraction thru the air in the atmosphere
otherwise just an olde UFO. They've been around longer than I have;(....
I think there still some polar orbiting satellites but there not that
big .
Have a look on,
http://www.heavens-above.com/
Interesting site. Sadly they don't seem to think we should be star
gazing between 22.00 and 03.00 on the 12/13th August.
As you say, not many going North South. What does a magnitude of 4.5
correspond to starwise?
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Tim Lamb