Yesterday 00-07-31 at about 21:29 UT, quite unprepared except knowing that Ir48 might flash (which my wife saw), and without watches or other equipment, we then saw a bright,fast, steady mag +2 satellite(?) enter Cassiopeia after culmination in the NNW. Soon after, we saw UARS leaving Hercules (predicted 21:29:00) Though I didn't get any more 'points' or even an estimate of speed or direction, the reasonably matching imaginary orbit below may help identification, which I haven't accomplished with alldat.tle or select.tle. Cosmos 2XXX 1 46040U 00713UID 00209.32600000 .00005230 00000-0 90476-4 0 5504 2 46040 62.0000 244.0000 0010000 262.3714 97.6330 16.02125970 33217 SatJD( 2)=2451757.395820 -- b_gimle@algonet.se (home) http://www.algonet.se/~b_gimle -- -- COSPAR 5919, MALMA, 59.2576 N, 18.6172 E, 23 m -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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