Re: Nice visual observation of recently launched chinese rocket body Long March 2C

Hi ! newbie mistakes in my first observation. I hope It will never occur
again!... I used the local time date (25APR) in my report, and I was
reporting UTC TIME (26APR)
 :-( Im sorry. I mispelled also my position... :-(

WHEN SAYS

It was watched from 20.7567N -107.3736W , from 022630UTC to 022800UTC
20200425.

SHOULD BE

CORRECT:   20.75439N -103.37516W alt 1562meters , from 022630UTC to
022800UTC 20200426.

Im very sorry.

Yours,

--
Gonzalo Blasco Gil


El sáb., 25 de abr. de 2020 a la(s) 22:56, Gonzalo Blasco (gblasco_at_gmail.com)
escribió:

> Hello everyone,
>
> First post here, a short introduction. Im an amateur astronomer 41years
> old. I observe the stars since 1993. Now Im trying to learn about watching
> and tracking satellites.
>
> I want to report it was unexpected today to watch a body very bright
> clearly tumbling (changing magnitude up and down) like a rocket body. After
> recording  the path in my notebook, i looked afterwards in CALSKY and  it
> is CZ-2C R/B 2020-021D NORAD 45463
>
> It is the last launch of March 24th 2020 from CHINA, a Long March 2C body
> rocket, it launched several surveillance satellites.
>
> The magnitude was about 1.5 to 2.5 in the pass (about the same britht of
> Denebola Beta Leo) I watched with a variability of 1Mag aprox (up and
> down)....
>
> It was watched from 20.7567N -107.3736W , from 022630UTC to 022800UTC
> 20200425.
>
> I found the prediction afterwards in CALSKY but it reports MAG3.6 to
> MAG4.0, but in my observation the body was clearly brighter.
>
> The path prediction of calsky was quite accurate, passing at the side of
> Vindemiatrix (EPS Vir) at 022745UTC
>
> Hope it helps
>
> Nice watching!
>
> Yours,
> --
> Gonzalo Blasco Gil
>
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