Followed 1203 for 1 minute this morning. Was steady at about mag3 - 3.5 the whole time except for normal fading. 40.330 74.445 170. JAY RESPLER Monroe 2000 6.2 20 F F T T F *** 2021 Apr 3 Sat morning *** Times are AM EDT *** 2011 550 H M S Tim Azi El C Dir Mag Dys F Hgt Shd Rng EW Phs R A Dec 45202 STARLINK-1203 20-12AA 2.0 5 39 0 315 40 80 2.1 1 9 344 220 506 1.4 61 1229 55.9 5 40 1 354 38 108 2.6 1 9 344 277 527 1.5 91 947 85.0 - Jay Respler Monroe Township, New Jersey On 3/13/21 7:58 AM, Anthony Mallama via Seesat-l wrote: > Kevin Fetter's video shot on March 10 UTC shows a very bright pass of > Starlink-1203 (http://satobs.org/seesat/Mar-2021/0084.html). I observed the > satellite visually on the next two days and found it to be about 2 > magnitudes brighter than expected. I also located an even brighter > observation made with the Russian MMT observatory back on December 17. > > Richard Cole suggested that Starlink-1203 is dead and not under control ( > http://satobs.org/seesat/Mar-2021/0085.html). In that regard, I noticed > that it is slightly lower in elevation than the satellites which precede > and follow it. > > Tony Mallama > _______________________________________________ > Seesat-l mailing list > http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-lReceived on Sat Apr 03 2021 - 17:11:22 UTC
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