Satellite?

[spendrey]

Hi all, maybe you could clear something up for me?
I was observing this evening and noticed a very bright, slow moving object passing through the top left corner of cassiopeia at 23.00. It was moving so slowly I assumed it was a satellite however it was at least as bright as Jupiter for a while and when I checked on the Heaven Above site I could not find any satellites that were due at this time or in this area.
Was I maybe seeing things?

Si.

[Rick]

There are quite a few satellites that don't get into predictions for various reasons. Usually they're military, or they've only just been launched. That said, ISS made three passes this evening:

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Ground Station    : Tripes Farm, Orpington, Kent, England   ---   JO01BI
Time Zone         : UTC (+0.00 h)
                          in eclipse *  in daylight o
                                     ^              ^
Date       Rising at    Peak elevation      Setting    Height Satellite
Y M D  Time      Az.  Time      Az. El  Time      Az. (peak) Name
======  ========= ===  ========= === ==  ========= === ====== =========
040719  19:28:51o 252  19:33:45o 162 73  19:38:46o  79        ISS
040719  21:04:15  275  21:09:16   33 84  21:14:17*  96        ISS
040719  22:39:46  283  22:44:40* 201 40  22:49:34* 126        ISS