Halley Sighting & Mystery object

[Steve Schlesinger]

I had a nice view of Halley at about 4:20 PST from about
35 miles N of San Diego, CA.
Tail clearly visible thru 7x50's.
The sky was not as black as it was when I saw it in November (was this
too early for pre-dawn twilight?)

While I was looking at Halley I saw an object move by the
general vicinity from south to east.
It was moving at a steady, relatively slow rate.
It might have been a plane, but I don't think so since it appeared to be
much higher than planes go (also there was only a single light).
It wasn't a falling star since it was too slow and persosted
for some time.
I'm not experienced at estimating magnitudes, but if Halley
was a 4 I'd guess this thing wasn't higher than a 6.

Does anyone know if this was satellite? If so which one.

Steve Schlesinger
(ihnp4, ucbvax!sdcsvax)!ncr-sd!steves

[Richard L Watterson]

I saw an object similar to the one Steve described on the morning of March
21 as I was looking for Halley's comet. It appeared at approximately 4:20
a.m. EST. I was able to follow it with my telescope for about 15 - 20
seconds.
I also saw Halley's comet that morning, about 20 minutes later just after
the moon went down. I didn't see much of a tail , however the nucleus and the
coma were well defined and bright.

Richard Watterson
rlw@purdue