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Pages: 1 Jim Lafferty Carpal Tunnel Reged: 06/30/07 Loc: Southern California Need some help....       #5633342 - 01/20/13 02:34 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Hi folks--This morning I captured what appears to be a satellite transit near AR 11660 with my Lunt 100/2.5x powermate and DMK 41. Cant seem to find any info for a transit at that time of day--anyone recognize the object? It took about 7 seconds to clear my fov. http://tinyurl.com/4xg8tmr Thanks! Jim Redlands, California Post Extras:       steveward53 professor emeritus Reged: 05/14/12 Loc: Newmarket,UK Re: Need some help.... [Re: Jim Lafferty]       #5633383 - 01/20/13 02:59 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Had a quick look in Stellarium , the only one it showed somewhere near was NOAA16. Without more data , ie Transit time and exact location it's a little difficult to pin down any closer. Great picture by the way . . Steve. Post Extras:       rigel123 Postmaster Reged: 06/29/09 Loc: SW Ohio Re: Need some help.... [Re: Jim Lafferty]       #5633412 - 01/20/13 03:09 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Great catch! No idea which satellite it might be! Post Extras:       Jim Lafferty Carpal Tunnel Reged: 06/30/07 Loc: Southern California Re: Need some help.... [Re: rigel123]       #5633443 - 01/20/13 03:43 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   A guy contacted me and says he thinks its SATCOM-C5 which he says transited the sun around 1035am pacific time which is pretty close to the time i imaged it. Who knows...--I know nothing about satellites and tracking them. Jim Post Extras:       Jim Lafferty Carpal Tunnel Reged: 06/30/07 Loc: Southern California Re: Need some help.... [Re: Jim Lafferty]       #5634123 - 01/20/13 11:09 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Here's the video-- YouTube Video>>> http://youtu.be/32l_MU-Qwi8 The object appears about 25 seconds into the avi Jim Post Extras:       Tapio Pooh-Bah Reged: 09/24/06 Loc: Tampere, Finland Re: Need some help.... [Re: Jim Lafferty]       #5634144 - 01/20/13 11:30 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   I vote for group of balloons, because 1. so big size 2. takes so long to transit Post Extras:       Zamboni professor emeritus Reged: 01/03/05 Loc: Colorado Springs Re: Need some help.... [Re: Tapio]       #5634156 - 01/20/13 11:39 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Also the way the string moves. I've actually seen a "balloon bunch transit" with my PST before. Pretty certain that's what this is. Post Extras:       drksky Carpal Tunnel Reged: 09/01/09 Loc: Bloomington, IL Re: Need some help.... [Re: Tapio]       #5634206 - 01/21/13 12:18 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Quote: I vote for group of balloons, because 1. so big size 2. takes so long to transit Yup! Post Extras:       steveward53 professor emeritus Reged: 05/14/12 Loc: Newmarket,UK Re: Need some help.... [Re: drksky]       #5634328 - 01/21/13 03:14 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   There are some distinctly non balloon-like square edges in there , especially on your larger image. Strange one this . . . Post Extras:       raylal Pooh-Bah Reged: 04/19/10 Loc: Cornwall, Ont., Canada Re: Need some help.... [Re: steveward53]       #5634408 - 01/21/13 06:51 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   That is cool Jim, fun to to watch as a video. Beautiful images BTW. Ray Post Extras:       Andy Devey Carpal Tunnel Reged: 05/06/11 Re: Need some help.... [Re: steveward53]       #5634414 - 01/21/13 07:01 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Excellent catch Regards Andy Post Extras:       Andrev Carpal Tunnel Reged: 02/08/11 Loc: Montreal, Quebec, Canada Re: Need some help.... [Re: Andy Devey]       #5634447 - 01/21/13 07:58 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Jim I not any for you, but your video is too cool. This is a so incredible capture. Beautiful. Andre Post Extras:       Jim Lafferty Carpal Tunnel Reged: 06/30/07 Loc: Southern California Re: Need some help.... [Re: Andrev]       #5634492 - 01/21/13 08:38 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Well the concensus on the various boards and chats is that it is a balloon with a scientific payload. One guy down in Australia sent me some info and says he caught the same thing years back. Since I know nothing about balloons or satellites, thats what Im going with Post Extras:       Doc Bob professor emeritus Reged: 02/27/09 Loc: Maryland, USA Re: Need some help.... [Re: Jim Lafferty]       #5637518 - 01/22/13 06:38 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   I've seen jet liners, large birds, and Venus transiting the sun . . . of course never having a camera/imaging system I can only "talk about it" but I agree that this may most likely be balloons. . . or a large UFO sucking Hydrogen out of our atmosphere to power its fusion propulsion system ! ! ! Nah! balloons really! Good seeing, Bob Post Extras:       Pages: 1

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