September 2014

An interloping unidentified object - SOLVED

Submitted by Michael J. Cook on Tue, 2014-09-02 01:27

While doing a time-series on GD 552 (22:50:39.90 +63:28:38.3) around 2014-08-28.33 UT, a bright object entered the 16' x 11' FOV from the west. It took 103 minutes to move 15 arc min. My first guess is a satellite, but its slow movement has me second-guessing.

image of interloper