THAT's cool.

The first time my older daughter was observing Saturn through my
LX200 (NOW it's on topic!), when she was about 5, she saw a satellite
pass through the FOV.

Lucky kid, I figured, getting that on the first time. She loved both.

Tom Wideman
Grapevine, TX


>Several months ago after the visit of some friends for observing on
>a full moon
>night ( their choice of nights ) I used the time to observe the moon using a
>polarizing filter. Surprisingly I saw a rocket booster of some type. It was
>silhouetted against the moon and transited very near the centre of the disk
>taking 5-6 seconds. It was cylindrical, then conical coming to a mast at the
>tip. It tumbled slowly and at first I thought it was a very high flying bird,
>being very small.
> My guess is that the event isn't that rare as the moon covers half a
>degree, just that it is rarely seen. What is rare is the time spent
>gazing at a
>full moon. Anyone else ever seen a satellite or some other space
>stuff in this
>way?
> Regards,
> Eric Schandall

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