[vsnet-chat 1773] Re: (fwd) object identification request

[Hitoshi YAMAOKA <yamaoka@rc.kyushu-u.ac.jp>]

This topic would be preferable for vsnet-chat, not vsnet-obs.

>    The obvious lack of apparent motion is consistent with a high orbit
>(if not geosyncronous).  I expect some expert on satellite identifications
>can provide an identification.  

I am not an expert about satellite, but nice identifier on WWW:

http://vsnet2.gsoc.dlr.de/satvis

tells that, if the observer was on Denton, Texas (33.2150N, 97.1330W),
no satellite brighter than 4.5 magnitude was able to be seen between
Apr. 15 22:25 CDT and Apr. 16 04:47 CDT.

Sincerely Yours,
Hitoshi Yamaoka, Kyushu Univ., Japan
yamaoka@rc.kyushu-u.ac.jp

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