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Hey everyone -
I just saw something bizarre and I am thinking one of three things is happening: 1. I am totally nuts 2. My eyes are getting whack faster than I thought, or, 3. I just saw a satellite orbiting the moon. ?? I was looking at Mars with my 8" telescope and decided to check out the moon before calling it a day. As I was moving my sight around the moon, I suddenly saw an object shaped like a dumbbell weight quickly crossing the lunar surface and casting (I'm pretty certain) a shadow. ! It IS possible I was experiencing a visual thing like a "floater" which I experience fairly often - especially as I had been looking at pretty dark stuff for quite some time and I was suddenly looking at the very bright surface of the moon. But I don't think that's what it was. This object was moving just the way a satellite moves, and I really think there was a shadow. It took about 3 seconds to cross about 1/4 of the diameter of the moon or so. Maybe I am showing some ignorance here. Are there lunar sats? Is there something up there at the moment? Could it possibly be a discarded part of a long-ago lunar exploration rocket? What WAS IT?? Thanks for any info on this - I am going nuts! Brian |
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