(meteorobs) Strange event

[Marco Langbroek]

Okay,

 From Javor's location, the reported time and the general sky area (I think I 
loosely identified the stars now, with the butt of Leo in top of the image), I 
can *exclude* that this was a NOSS trio.

The angular speed reported does suggest satellites. For a further identification 
effort with all known satellites, I would need accurate positions (to better 
than a degree preferably) with accurate times.

No re-entry was known to happen on this date.

- Marco

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Marco Langbroek wrote:
> javor,
> 
> Can you please provide a better clue as to the positions of these 
> objects (sky coordinates)? It is very easy for me to identify 
> satellites, but only if I have good timings (which you provided) and 
> positions (which are yet unclear).
> 
> Even while knowing that Arcturus is in the image, I cannot quite 
> identify the starfield as there is no mention of scale etc.
> 
> My hunch is that this could be a NOSS trio (US military satellites) 
> flaring up.
> 
> - Marco
> 
> 
> Javor Kac wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I caught strange event(s) with one of my meteor cameras earlier this 
>> week. They entered my camera's FOV on April 24, 2006 at 19:05:12.64 UT 
>> and the last detection was at 19:05:25.08 UT.
>> It looks like two separate events (possibly satellites or space junk).
>>
>> I have combined the images an put them at 
>> http://www2.arnes.si/~mborion4/temp/20060424-1905UT.jpg
>> The viewing direction was SE, the brightest star in the lower left is 
>> Arcturus. The recorded angular velocity was 1.7 degrees/second.
>> The camera was located at Longitude= 14.545 deg and Latitude= 46.239 deg.
>>
>> Is there anybody who could help me identify the objects?
>>
>> Many thanks, and clear skies!
>> Javor
>>
>> Slovenska Bistrica, Slovenia -- 46ø23'24N - 15ø33'47E - 288m
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