Hi all, Just had a good visible pass of IGS 1B (03-009B) and this time could easily see it for the first minute after shadow exit around 21:53 UTC. Initially it was +2. I noted a clear irregular variation in brightness in the minute following shadow exit, it slowly but clearly waxing and waning in brightness a number of times with an amplitude of say one-half to one magnitude. This is unlike its steady brightness in previous years, so I reckon it is now indeed tumbling after its power failure recently. I catched a number of other objects as well, including a great USA 186 flare photograph. Positions will follow later. - Marco ----- Dr Marco Langbroek - SatTrackCam Leiden, Cospar 4353 Leiden, the Netherlands. 52.15412 N, 4.49081 E (WGS84), +0 m ASL SatTrackCam: http://home.wanadoo.nl/marco.langbroek/satcam.html Station (b)log: http://sattrackcam.blogspot.com Atom RSS: http://sattrackcam.blogspot.com/atom.xml e-mail: sattrackcam@wanadoo.nl ----- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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