Did I see a satellite?

[Inthedark]

I just tracked a moving object in my binos. I picked it up in Pegasus, it then passed through Andromeda, right past M31 (I can find it accidentally now!) beforedisappearingbehind clouds in the direction of (I'm guessing) Capella. Nothing flashing and complete silence. Viewed from SE Cornwall at around 7:30 btw.

I'm guessing it was a satellite. An way of finding out what it was?

[The Warthog]

You can go to heavens-above.com, register, set up your location, and then look up satellites for last night to find one at the time, and following the path of the one you saw. They provide a map which show what constellations the satellite passes.

[Inthedark]

Thanks Warthog, great site. Pretty sure what I saw was Cosmos 2082 rocket body, which I guess means it's a piece of Soviet era space junk... Cool to know what it is though!

David

[lunator]

David

I fine that on most observing sessions I see several satellites

Glad you got find out what it was.

You should soon see iridium flairs & the ISS.

Cheers

Ian

[Doc]

I agree with Ian.

Most nights while glued to the eyepiece you see something fly by.

You then look up and see nothing.

It's either space junk, a meteroite but just cool to see.