(meteorobs) satellite question

[Mike Hankey]

Hello,

Here are the pictures of the satellite I was asking about earlier today:

http://www.mikesastrophotos.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/satellite-astrophoto1.jpg
http://www.mikesastrophotos.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/satellite-astrophoto2.jpg
http://www.mikesastrophotos.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/satellite-astrophoto3.jpg

I looked in calsky but didn't see any matches for this
date/time/location/direction that stayed around for more than 2
minutes.

Thanks,

Mike

On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 3:32 PM, Mike Hankey <mike.hankey at gmail.com> wrote:
> Chris and Marco,
>
> Thanks for the feedback. The camera was not tracking and it was
> pointed south. The objected moved approximately between 45 and 35
> degrees altitude / 130 degrees azimuth. I will post a few pictures
> later tonight. I'm fairly certain its some sort of satellite I was
> just under the impression satellites moved faster than this.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mike
>
> On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 3:00 PM, Chris Peterson <clp at alumni.caltech.edu> wrote:
>> Actually, I was referring to geosynchronous satellites, not geostationary. I
>> assumed his camera wasn't tracking, so he shouldn't see any movement at all
>> in geostats. Of course, if the camera _was_ tracking than both geosync and
>> geostat satellites will appear to move slowly.
>>
>> Chris
>>
>> *****************************************
>> Chris L Peterson
>> Cloudbait Observatory
>> http://www.cloudbait.com
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Marco Langbroek" <marco.langbroek at wanadoo.nl>
>> To: "Global Meteor Observing Forum" <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
>> Sent: Monday, January 04, 2010 12:30 PM
>> Subject: Re: (meteorobs) satellite question
>>
>>
>>> HEO satellites (HEO=Highly Elliptical Orbit: aka 'Molniya' orbits) do
>>> exactly
>>> this. They make approximately 2 orbit revolutions a day, and near their
>>> apogeum
>>> linger on in a small area of the sky for hours.
>>>
>>> You didn't mention your FOV, but a typical HEO near apogeum moves no more
>>> than
>>> 0.1 degree/minute. At apogeum, they can be at very high declinations north
>>> or
>>> south (usually north).
>>>
>>> As Chris mentioned, there is also the geostationary sats. These are stable
>>> in
>>> azimuth and altitude. It depends a bit on where you are but a
>>> geostationary sat
>>> should have a stable declination in the order of -5 to -7 degree south,
>>> i.e.
>>> just south of the celestial equator.
>>
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