Moving Dots - 20 Feb

Today has been a bit odd weather wise. It started as it meant to end. Foggy. The fog cleared quite early and the day was bright all day. I plotted a few satellites to try and see, and a few minutes before the first one, the youngest and I kitted up in the arctic gear and bins and headed out. This was quite a pleasant surprise as not 30 minutes earlier, the sky had been pretty cloudy. First up, a pass by UARS and we both saw that this time. Then just after that had passed, over came the Cosmos 1508 Rocket. USA193 should have been next, but we couldn't see it. I don't think it's been shot at yet, so it's probably still there.

Whilst waiting for the next one, we scanned what could be seen with the Binos. It was a little hazy and misty, so not everything was very clear, but we had a look at the Sisters, the Hyades Cr69, M42, then back to Mirfak to look at the association. I tried for the Double in Perseus, but no joy there, too misty. I had a look at the moon for few minutes, but it was tricky as the moon's features were playing hide'n seek in the mist.

Then it was about time for satellite number 4 to pass over, only the clouds beat it to the draw. The session ended after 30 minutes, Cloud stopped play. That was it for the rest of the evening. A combination of the clouds and mistiness has stop any chance of catching anything else, except possibly a cold.