Despite haze and some clouds, last evening (EDT) we saw Kolibri (27394 = 01-051C) apparently undergoing a slow flare. At 2002 Apr 16/00:47.0 UTC it peaked at about 4.4 magnitude when at apparent alt/azim 61/118 (corresponding to a quicksat intrinsic mag of +6.1 and a SkyMap standard mag of +7.4). By about 11 seconds later (alt/azim 52/120) it had dimmed to about 6.1 magnitude (corresponding to "intrinsic" 7.7 and "standard" 9.0). At that point, we lost it in a cloud (note that shadow entry wasn't for at least another half minute or more). All magnitudes above are +/- 0.5 and the observations were made with 7x50 and 10x50 binuculars. Clear and dark skies! Ed and Darlene Light Lakewood, NJ, USA N 40.1075, W 074.2312, Hgt +24 m (80 ft) ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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