UGC5470 Aka LEO I

[Whitters]

Visual limiting mag 4.95
Image limiting mag appx. 15.
300mm f2.8 lens
MX916
10x120 second integration

Regulus just out of shot bottom right. LEO I smudge can just be made out.

[ This Message was edited by: whitters on 2004-04-13 18:38 ]

[Mike]

You've also got a dim satellite or meteor !

[Whitters]

It was a very slow moving satellite, I saw it appear when I was taking the images, it was on several frames and each frame was 2 minutes long.

[Ian]

it was probably geostationary. Any idea which one?

[Whitters]

There are two satellite tracks in the image, but I have not been able to identify either track.

[Mike]

Paul,

Do you happen to know the EXACT time the image was taken?

[Whitters]

Mike it was 22:06:58 GMT for the first of the ten images on the 11th April

[Mike]

I give up - can't find any data relating to anything passing through that section of sky at that time. Must be top secret.