Re: What did I see

"Gary West" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> I am new to this hobby and ng.
> Tonight I was looking at Andromeda with my etx at 0240 ct (gmt -5) when I
> saw something move accross my line of sight bearing due north. I was able
to
> track it and followed it until the horizon. this took about 60 seconds
from
> Andromeda to my horizon at about 10 degrees elevation. It was not visible
> with the naked eye. I did not think it was possible to see satellites in
the
> middle of the night, this was a good 3 hours before sunrise. Any feedback
> would be appreciated, it gave me quite a thrill. Now my curiosity is
peaked.

Gary, if you will provide your site coordinates and altitude - the more
accurate the better - I would like to try to identify the object that you
saw. I assume that by Andromeda, you mean the galaxy. What was the diameter
of your field of view? At mid-northern latitudes, Andromeda would have been
about 80 deg elevation, so the object must have been in a fairly low orbit
to have reached 10 deg elevation in about 60 s - seems almost too fast, but
lets see what I can determine once I have your site data.

Ted Molczan