Pretty cool - unknown object zoom past Orion

Mind you,Patrick Moore saw them both is his 15" reflector.
He saw Phobos in his 12.5" reflector .
(Both with occulting bars to block Mars' glare.)
See Page 91:

linky .

Should be able to spot them in a 20" Obsession!
Only a rare privileged elite have ever seen the moons of Mars visually.

Peter, theoretically yes.
I dont have an occultating bar setup, maybe if the moons are positioned well and the sky is somehow clear we can give it a go on saturday night at the CSP.

Moons..............stars.................who cares they all look the same in a 3.5" scope.

After tonights pass over of the ISS i can with almost 100% certainty say that what i saw the night i posted this thread was infact the ISS.