Identification help please!

[rmp]

On Saturday night (well early Sunday morning really) at 1:44am I was observing Perseus through binoculars, when I saw a small dot moving accross the sky. It moved quite fast, from Mirphak to Algol in I suppose about 15 seconds. I've checked Stellarium and it doesn't show any satellites at that time - could anyone tell me what this might have been?

[PNB]

It certainly sounds like a satellite. Perhaps it was a bit of space junk burning up in the atmosphere. Then again, perhaps it was a meteor. It was in perseus and it's the right time of year - almost.

I'm not sure if stellarium shows all satellites to be honest.

I'm sure someone more knowledgeable will pop along shortly but they are my guesses.

Paul

[acey]

Bound to be a satellite. Try looking it up here.

Heavens-Above Home Page

[rmp]

Many thanks for your answers folks.