Hi, I'm back in Canada. We have had two clear nights in a row and I decided to have a look for fragments of the 1999 057 Rocket Body using recent data from OIG. Approximately 30 were sought but not seen. However, I saw 99057AD (NORAD 26141, 2000 04 25 02:41:35UTC) and 99057C (NORAD 25492, 2000 04 25 2:56:27UTC) on Monday evening. They were both about 6th magnitude and steady with the AD object a bit brighter. Last evening I found 99057E (NORAD 26147) which is a much more interesting object. When I first picked it up, it was barely visible in my 80mm refractor, about magnitude 7.5 or a bit fainter. However, it is tumbling and the light curve is complicated but the base period is, I think, about 7 seconds. After a couple of fairly bright flashes, I looked for it naked eye and was treated to a 1st magnitude or brighter flash. Whatever shape it is, it must have at least one fairly large flat face. This one is worth a look. Cheers, Brian Brian K. Hunter, Department of Chemistry Professor Queen's University bkh@chem.queensu.ca Kingston, Ontario (613)-533-2620 Canada K7L 3N6 44 14' N 76 30' W ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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