Mike McCants wrote: >Last night at BCRC, Ed Cannon and I watched in amazement as the >NOSS 3-1 (C) and (A) objects (26907 and 26905) flared to about >magnitude -2 (comparable to Sirius) very near our zenith just before >culmination. The culmination predictions were alt 88, azi 301 at >03:24:53 and 03:24:59 UT April 15. The maximum brightness for each >was about 10 seconds before this time. The actual alt/azi was 85 at 226. >The sun-satellite-observer angle was about 60 degrees, so the >reflecting surface is tilted from the vertical by about 30 degrees. I found a similar flare from 96-029D last November on a 41-degree altitude pass: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/Nov-2006/0168.html Not as spectacular as the NOSS 3-1 perhaps, but nevertheless interesting. Bruce MacDonald COSPAR Site 2751 Devizes, Wiltshire, UK 51.3440°N 1.9849° W 125M (WGS84) _________________________________________________________________ Txt a lot? Get Messenger FREE on your mobile. https://livemessenger.mobile.uk.msn.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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