Marco just wrote: >Just observed METOP-A flaring again in the tail of the Big Dipper, at >20:08:42 >UTC (25 Apr) under awfull conditions (haze, moon, remnant twilight). Big >dipper >stars difficult to make out, but the flare clearly visible, I think mag. -1 >at least. The time agrees with the Yaw direction of the -45 deg ASCAT antenna. However the corresponding Pitch needed for this flare was -43.1 rather than -46.3 deg (orientation of the antenna). I have noticed before that a brightening of Metop often occurs with this Yaw direction even if Pitch doesn't agree. It might be the supporting deployment structure of this antenna which could produce extra flares. More observations are needed. Gerhard HOLTKAMP Darmstadt, Germany ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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